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On January 5, 2018, a full-day event was held – half the day at Harvard Law School, co-hosted by the Fair Punishment Project, and the other half at Haley House, a non-profit café that employs former prisoners as they transition Read more
Boston Herald article by Bob McGovern can be found here: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2018/01/full_list_of_annie_dookhan_defendants_sought
The Committee for Public Counsel Services and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts held a press conference on Thursday, November 30, 2017, in anticipation of the District Attorneys dismissing thousands of cases linked to Amherst State Chemist Sonia Farak’s Read more
CPCS, along with more than a dozen advocacy organizations – including the ACLU of Massachusetts; Citizens for Juvenile Justice; CJPC; Coalition for Effective Public Safety; Digital Fourth; Greater Boston Interfaith Organization; Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice; Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Massachusetts Law Read more
Upon filing a petition at the SJC that seeks relief for the thousands whose cases were tainted by Amherst Drug Lab Chemist Sonia Farak and further exacerbated by the misconduct of two assistant attorneys general, CPCS sent out the following Read more
Immigration Legal Services and Community Education on Immigration Services Gets Support from Boston Mayor On Wednesday, September 13, 2017, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh held a press conference to announce his plans to increase community education and legal services for immigration Read more
(left to right): Atty. Dan Gaudet of the Quincy District Office, Atty. Tina Furey of the Quincy District Office, Atty. Sandra Gant of the Dedham Superior Court Office, Atty. Rosemarie Clinch of the Lowell CAFL Office, Atty. Jesse Bousquet, Jr. Read more
Congratulations to Tania Snow of our YAD Roxbury office, who has been chosen as a Massachusetts Bar Association Academy Fellow. “Fellows are provided the opportunity to network, collaborate and build relationships with bar leaders; develop and enhance leadership skills important 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