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All meetings will be held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, except where noted. January 25 (4th Wednesday) February 15 March 15 April 12 (2nd Wednesday) May 17 June 21 June 20 (Tuesday) July 19 August — NO MEETING Read more
Welcome to the August 2017 Q&A. This addresses questions and suggestions received through the online suggestion box (top menu bar on the intranet). We respond to questions with agency-wide relevance, and we cannot answer questions that may affect client or Read more
We have contracted with a firm (KnowBe4) to provide security training and testing to staff. The firm also provides free training that you can share with your family members, since hackers threaten us both at work and at home. Below Read more
CPCS Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti was one of the guest speakers kicking off the United Ways’ Project Homeless Connect at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury, MA on August 11, 2017. He explained to the more than Read more
INCREDIBLE! CONGRATULATIONS to our colleague, Atty. Lisa Kavanaugh, Director of the CPCS Innocence Program, and her co-counsel, Atty. Jeff Harris of the Boston law firm Good, Cormier, Schneider and Fried, on their victory in convincing the Commonwealth to vacate the Read more
CPCS Staff Attorney Emma Winger’s Blog Post Urges Other States to Follow the SJC’s Lead in Commonwealth v. Lunn. In Lunn, the Supreme Judicial Court held “that Massachusetts does not authorize our courts, jails, or police officers to arrest for Read more
Commonwealth v. A Juvenile, SJC-12351: The Supreme Judicial Court issued an amicus solicitation in this case addressing the following issue: Whether the prosecution of the juvenile for rape of a child violates the juvenile’s rights under the due process or Read more
Congratulations to Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti on receipt of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Champion of State Criminal Justice Reform Award, which “recognizes an individual or group whose tremendous efforts have led toward progressive reform of a Read more
CPCS IT locks down desktops so staff cannot install most programs. While this is necessary from a security perspective, we recognize it can be very frustrating. To address this, we have released an “app store” of applications and updates that Read more
The recent SJC decision in Commonwealth v. Lunn, SJC-12276, holding that Massachusetts courts and law enforcement officials, including sheriffs and police officers, do not have authority to hold persons based solely on immigration detainers has generated a number of news Read more