Massachusetts Coalition for the Fair Sentencing of Youth

05/08/2014

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A growing coalition of local, state and national partners, calling for an end to Life without Parole sentences for juveniles in Massachusetts.

05/08/2014

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A growing coalition of local, state and national partners, calling for an end to Life without Parole sentences for juveniles in Massachusetts.

09/12/2013

We are excited to report that H.1432 - a bill to raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to include 17-year-olds in our juvenile system - was officially enacted by both the House and Senate and is on its way to Governor Patrick for signature! 

09/11/2013

Looking forward to watching Brains on Trial with Alan Alda tomorrow night at 10pm on PBS

Premieres Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.

09/04/2013

"Children are different...juveniles are different..." "we have always known this...anyone who has been around a juvenile knows this..."

- John Zanini, Assistant District Attorney
Suffolk County District Attorney

09/03/2013

Excited for oral arguments tomorrow on why youth cannot and must not be sentenced to die in prison. www.fairsentence.net/cases

08/27/2013

Fifty years after Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered the Dream Speech, major racial inequalities exist throughout our prison system.

In Massachusetts, 6.5% of the population under age 18 are black, but more than 50% of people serving Juvenile Life without Parole sentences are black.

08/27/2013

The shooting death of Trayvon Martin ignited a public discourse about race, about gun violence, and about whether justice really is possible for...

08/27/2013

On August 28th, 1963, hundreds of thousands of people from every corner of our country united and rallied with a shared message of civil liberty, civil rights, and economic freedom and opportunity for all. RSVP to take part in the 50th anniversary march in Washington D.C., or at home.

08/27/2013

Eighteen days after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his world-changing “I Have a Dream” speech at the conclusion of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, stark, unadulterated evil came to Birmingham, Ala.

08/22/2013

African Americans with post-prison success. Includes Glenn Martin, Susan Burton, Christopher S. Linder, Michael Tabon, Tina Reynolds and Vivian Nixon.