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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
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
The following press release was sent to the Worcester Telegram and Gazette and the Worcester Business Journal. Boston/Worcester – Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Atty. Adrian Angus, recently graduated from the Massachusetts Bar Association’s (MBA) Leadership Academy Inaugural Class, Read more
Op Ed submitted by Anthony J. Benedetti to the Boston Herald On the day Jeff Sessions was sworn in as Attorney General, the President signed three executive orders pertaining to criminal justice. More recently, Sessions issued a memo to federal Read more
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will, as the attached article states, soon be weighing in on an important aspect of the rights of juveniles who were convicted of murder. Atty. Barbara Kaban, who was a valued CPCS staff member until Read more
An earlier post provided links to articles on the SJC opinion in Commonwealth v. Magadini, as well as coverage in the State House News Service: http://intranet.publiccounsel.net/blog/2016/06/27/state-house-news-article-relative-to-the-necessity-defense-commonwealth-v-magadini/ Here is the latest news coverage relative to the “necessity Defense”, http://sparechangenews.net/2016/08/court-case-result-counters-trend-criminalization-homelessness/
Earlier posts about a case before the SJC relative to the “Necessity Defense” (Commonwealth v. Magadini SJC-11874) appeared in December 2015. The Court has decided the case. Below are links to articles on the SJC opinion, as well as coverage Read more
Although the American tradition of providing a zealous defense, even for unpopular defendants, goes back to John Adams, it was not until March 18, 1963, that the U.S. Supreme Court declared that Clarence Earl Gideon had not received a fair Read more
Congratulations to our colleague, Lisa Kavanaugh, Director of the CPCS Innocence Project, who has helped secure the release of her client, George Perrot. Mr. Perrot has spent the last 30 years in prison for a rape he was convicted of Read more
CPCS Innocence Program Director Lisa Kavanaugh – Co-Counsel in Groundbreaking Case On January 26, 2016, Judge Robert J. Kane overturned the 24-year-old rape conviction of George D. Perrot, ruling that scientific consensus indicates that the key, expert testimony of a Read more