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Court Urges Baker Admin to Weigh Prisoner Release Options

Matt Murphy4/28/20 2:19 PM

The Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday urged the Baker administration to consider how it could commute sentences, furlough prisoners or allow early parole to "mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth's prison system," but denied a request from defense attorneys to stay the sentences of non-violent offenders and those nearing the end of prison terms.

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