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Actin killing rewews calls for protections for sexual assault victims

DCF: Fund mediation programs to keep kids out of foster care

Programs that stabilize families as soon as DCF gets involved can head off traumatic, expensive removals.

Fernald school in Waltham: State Police left confidential case files in unguarded buildings

For years the Massachusetts State Police kept material for criminal cases at the old Fernald school, including graphic evidence for homicide investigations and at least one unsolved murder, accessible to any trespasser.

State's highest court opens the way for second chances for some 'lifers'

Massachusetts will longer be allowed to sentence 18- to 20-year-olds to life in prison without parole, heeding science that says their brains are not fully developed.

Massachusetts high court strikes down life without parole for 'emerging adults'

The Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday ordered the state to raise from 18 to 21 the minimum age at which a person can be sentenced to mandatory life without parole