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Soft-on-Crime District Attorney Candidates Win in Boston, Western Massachusetts

Opposing mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses and opposing cash bail are among the campaign planks of candidates who won Democratic primaries Tuesday in two counties in Massachusetts:  Suffolk County (which includes Boston) and Berkshire County in western Massachusetts. Noting the power of a district attorney, columnist Clive McFarlane cheers the results in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Opposing mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses and opposing cash bail are among the campaign planks of candidates who won Democratic primaries Tuesday in two counties in Massachusetts:  Suffolk County (which includes Boston) and Berkshire County in western Massachusetts. Noting the power of a district attorney, columnist Clive McFarlane cheers the results in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.…