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AG Healey Hits Back at Hodgson's Criticism of ICE Lockup Report
AG Healey Hits Back at Hodgson's Criticism of ICE Lockup Report
AG Healey Hits Back at Hodgson's Criticism of ICE Lockup Report
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Wednesday took aim at statements made by Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson where he blasted the AG's explosive 60-page report that wrapped up her office's six-month investigation into what happened during a violent May 1 altercation at the sheriff's ICE lockup facility in North Dartmouth...
In Fall River Case, SJC Declares Panhandling Law Unconstitutional
In Fall River Case, SJC Declares Panhandling Law Unconstitutional
In Fall River Case, SJC Declares Panhandling Law Unconstitutional
A state law that prohibits certain people from asking motorists for money along the roadway was struck down Tuesday by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The anti-panhandling law violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights because it is a "content-based regulation of protected speech in a public forum" that cannot withstand str

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