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Massachusetts OKs Curbs on Police Use of Facial Recognition

The Crime Report

As part of its new police reform effort, Massachusetts lawmakers have passed one of the first state laws restricting law enforcement usage of facial recognition technologies, reports National Public Radio. It also requires law enforcement to document their searches and eventually, make statistics on their searches public.

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Youth Voices on Justice Reform: National Contest Opens

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Isaac Annan is a recent graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Amhers, where he completed a degree in Biology. He is also a patient care technician at Emerson Hospital and a medic in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. She is from Leominster, MA. Isaac Annan. He is from Leominster, MA.

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Resignations, Refusals Mount as Cops Resist Vaccine Mandates

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In response to Massachusetts Gov. The report from Massachusetts is the latest troubling development in the growing opposition from law enforcement and other first responders to required vaccinations. COVID-19 is now the leading killer of law enforcement officers in the U.S.,

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Sentencing Project Trends Report Highlights New Criminal Justice Laws Across The Country 

The Crime Report

Massachusetts and Washington state officials this year worked on guaranteeing ballot access for incarcerated voters. In Massachusetts, a bill was passed called the VOTES Act where Jails are directed to “ensure the receipt, private voting, where possible, and return of mail ballots.”

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Felony Convictions Prevent 4.6 Million People From Voting: Report

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percent in Massachusetts to more than 8 percent in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, while Vermont, Maine, and Washington, D.C. ” Disenfranchisement rates range from 0.15 remain the sole jurisdictions that actually allow people in prison to vote.

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Inflation Takes Toll on Incarcerated and Their Families

The Crime Report

In Massachusetts, a bill requiring any prison facility not to charge more than 3 percent over the purchase price for any good is hopeful for next term. . . Keeping the prices in check is also critical for safety inside prisons. . . “It creates an atmosphere of violence,” said Jose Colo?

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Why Did It Take 47 Years to Prove Anthony Mazza was Innocent?

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Charges were dismissed in March, and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court vacated the case in April. That motion travelled through the Massachusetts courts, from bottom to top, twice. Two months later, Mazza became the 2,800th American defendant listed in the National Registry of Exonerations.

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