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A new bench, a new rule: How one WMass judge upended the state’s adoption procedure
12-29-2024 11:01 AM

By ZICHANG LIU

For decades, Massachusetts’s adoption procedures have been a catalyst for happy endings for families across the state, including out-of-state birth parents who just want their child to be smoothly transferred to a new, welcoming home.However, within...

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Benjamin Simanski unopposed for Franklin County clerk of courts
10-31-2024 2:25 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

A new Franklin County clerk of courts will take the oath of office in January and barring some miraculous write-in campaign, that person will be Benjamin Simanski.The first assistant clerk magistrate for the past 11 years, Simanski is running...


Massachusetts SJC: Younger adults can’t be sentenced to life without parole
01-12-2024 5:00 PM

By STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON — The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Thursday to raise from 18 to 21 the minimum age at which a person can be sentenced to mandatory life without parole — a narrow 4-3 ruling that juvenile justice advocates are hailing as progress.The...

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