“COMPELLING” CASE MADE IN 5-PLUS HOUR COMMUTATION HEARING
…sentence, which his advocates argue should have long ago been commuted from life without parole to second-degree murder with parole eligibility. That story reverberated in comments by Parole Board member…
REPORT: COMMONWEALTH COMMITTED TO “OTHER DEATH PENALTY”
…Jefferson is one of the 26 women out of 163 currently held at the oldest women’s prison in the country who are serving life without parole (LWOP). Parole does not…
MASS CONSIDERS LEGISLATION TO AID PRISONERS, ENCOURAGE FAMILY CONTACT
…H.4607, sponsored by the Judiciary Committee, which increases Parole Board membership from seven to nine members. As many have pointed out, the current average time lapse from a lifer parole…
THE QUIET ONE
…that.” * Fred became eligible for parole in 2013, when the practice of sentencing minors to life without parole was declared unconstitutional in Massachusetts. While Kavanaugh worked on Fred’s exoneration,…
MASSACHUSETTS COVID-19 DECARCERATION BILL COULD PROTECT US ALL
…make a parole/probation appointment) to be immediately re-paroled or returned home on probation. It asks that many pretrial individuals be released, and that parole-eligible prisoners be paroled as soon as…
BINJ SELECTED FOR SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK ‘RENEWING DEMOCRACY’ GRANT, EXPANDS SCOPE OF PRISON & PAROLE REPORTING
…the system. In two features produced earlier this year—one about the fight against life without parole (LWOP) sentencing, and another piece detailing the dysfunction of the parole board in Mass—Trounstine…
LAST MAN STANDING: WHICH DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WOULD EXECUTE THE LAST MAN ON DEATH ROW IN NEW HAMPSHIRE?
…that he is seeking what most states default to when they abolish the death penalty: life without parole. This means that there is no chance at an early release to…
HELP BINJ CONTINUE ITS COVERAGE OF PRISONS AND PAROLE IN MASS
From violence against prisoners to our broken parole system, we are on the case. But we need your support. Since our inception, the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism has placed…
GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL SIGNALS LANDMARK COMMUTATION LOOMS
…(no chance for parole), to second-degree (with parole eligibility) since 1997 when William Weld was governor. If Koonce and Allen get the go-ahead from the all-white Governor’s Council, they will…
JOIN US FOR A VIRTUAL EVENT ABOUT “TECHNICAL PAROLE VIOLATIONS” AND MASS INCARCERATION
Tens of thousands of people are sent back to prison each year not because they have committed new crimes, but because they have committed “technical violations” while on parole….