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It must be terrifying to wake up in your own home in the early hours of the morning to a military-style weapon pointing in your face, with armed men shouting at you in a language you don’t understand.
The Supreme Judicial Court held today that existing law does not provide a "safety valve" from mandatory minimums sentences, while calling on the legislature to consider reforms to the mandatory minimum drug laws that have produced harsh racial disparities in Massachusetts.
ACLU of Massachusetts' executive director Carol Rose offered a civil liberties perspective on the latest headlines during her monthly visit to Boston Public Radio.
Years after former state drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan was discovered falsifying evidence, thousands of cases still remain unresolved.
Victory! On September 28, 2016 the Supreme Judicial Court unanimously affirmed that the government must have specific information that a cellphone contains evidence of a crime before it can search or seize the device.
Today, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz found that Boston Latin School (BLS) violated federal civil rights law in responding to school-based racial harassment and announced a resolution agreement with Boston Public Schools (BPS) to improve the racial climate of the school.