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MA: article and 2 videos on the Criminal Justice Policy Coalition Panel on LWOP

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

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Criminal Justice Policy Coalition Panel focuses on LWOP and Restorative Justice December 9th, 2010 Boston Examiner Suffolk University Law School was the venue for a ?star-studded? panel of criminal justice advocates recently as Massachusetts? sentencing and correctional policies came under fire. Sponsored by the Criminal Justice Policy Coalition, the seminar examined the impact of life without parole sentencing while exploring a range of related topics including addiction treatment, capital punishment, and lack of re-entry strategies. Three panelists have lost family members to violence, two of them were sons, and added a real-life dimension to the seminar. The focus of the group, however, was on restoration not revenge. Defense attorney Patricia Garin, who heads the board of Prisoners? Legal Services, was blunt about sentencing in Massachusetts and described scenarios where perpetrators testify against accessories to crimes and get lighter sentences than those less involved...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 12, 2010 (boomark / email).