Natalie Kelly
Mar 24, 2018

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Massachusetts has adopted some new laws regarding criminal justice yesterday in a compromise bill that will hopefully pass the state House and Senate soon. Some of these changes include those that would affect children. For example, kids under 12 cannot be charged criminally and those under 21 may have their records expunged. These steps can help those convicted as children stay out of jail and secure future job positions without a criminal record. It also allows those convicted of crimes now legal (for example, possession of marijuana) to get their record expunged, which only makes sense, as is it unfair for those people to carry the burden of a criminal background for what most citizens can now do legally. Overall, these changes may be useful on a nationwide scale to make our systems more fair to younger people.

http://www.wbur.org/news/2018/03/23/massachusetts-compromise-criminal-justice-reform-bill

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