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MA: Gov. Patrick Taps Judge Grants fro SJC opponent of mandatory minimums

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Patrick taps Superior Court judge Gants for SJC By Kyle Cheney/State House News Service Mon Dec 01, 2008, 01:12 PM EST Boston, Mass. - Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday nominated Superior Court Judge Ralph Gants, an opponent of mandatory minimum sentences, to the Supreme Judicial Court. The appointment of the 54-year-old Gants is Patrick's second nomination to the SJC and, if confirmed by the Governor?s Council, will fill the post of outgoing justice John Greaney, scheduled to leave the bench Monday. Gants was appointed to the Superior Court by Gov. William Weld in 1997, when Gants was a partner at Palmer and Dodge. He was confirmed unanimously by the Governor's Council. Gants also served as assistant U.S. attorney from 1983 to 1991, eventually heading the Public Corruption Division...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 03, 2008 (boomark / email).