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Dangerous People Should Be Held, Governor Says

Dangerous People Should Be Held, Governor Says

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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Governor Charlie Baker, drawing a sense of urgency from a fatal car crash this summer in Cotuit and a new Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling, made a case Tuesday for why judges must be able to consider someone's full criminal record when deciding whether to release them before trial or hold them as a danger to society.

By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Governor Charlie Baker, drawing a sense of urgency from a fatal car crash this summer in Cotuit and a new Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling, made a case Tuesday for why judges must be able to consider someone's full criminal record when deciding whether to release them before trial or hold them as a danger to society.…