No Life In Prison Without Parole For Under-21 Convicts, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules

No Life In Prison Without Parole For Under-21 Convicts, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules

Sentencing adults under the age of 21 to life in prison without parole is unconstitutional in Massachusetts, according to the state's highest court,

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued the ruling, 4-3, on Thursday, January 11.

Massachusetts Elections Division Starts Mailing Presidential Primary Mail-In Ballot Applications
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Massachusetts Elections Division Starts Mailing Presidential Primary Mail-In Ballot Applications

Tom Joyce

As Super Tuesday slowly approaches, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin is urging voters to be on the lookout for their Official 2024 Vote by Mail Application.

Galvin's Elections Division has started the process of mailing applications to every Massachusetts voter, as state law requires. All of the state's 4.9 million voters are supposed to receive applications for mail-in ballots by the end of next week.

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