MA S924

Bill

MA S924

To provide justice and relief for those who have been exonerated from wrongful convictions

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to provide justice and relief for those who have been exonerated from wrongful convictions. The Judiciary.

AI Summary

This bill aims to provide justice and relief for those who have been exonerated from wrongful convictions. It has several key provisions: 1. It requires prosecutors and law enforcement officers to be transparent during investigations, hearings, and trials to ensure defendants are not deprived of their liberty or denied access to justice. 2. It entitles exonerees and their families to various forms of injunctive relief, including record expungement, classification as "special returning citizens" with access to workforce development and education services, mental health support, mediation services, and assistance with housing, addiction treatment, and employment. 3. It establishes an "Innocent Convicts" fund to address the requirements outlined in the bill, and a revolving fund to compensate members of the Criminal Defense Bar Association at competitive market rates. 4. It creates a permanent "Commission on Truth, Restoration, and Reconciliation" with representatives from various stakeholder groups to advise the government and make policy recommendations. 5. It requires counties to create Reentry Councils with a local Reentry Coordinator to deliver services to all returning citizens, including the compensation and relief provided to exonerees.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (1)

Joseph Boncore (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2665 (on 02/07/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S924

(12 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S924
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S924.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1519	Relative to access to justice	Accompanied a study order, see H5170	Similar To
H1557	Updating bail procedures for justice-involved youth	Accompanied S923	Similar To
H1641	Removing barriers to justice in the workplace	Accompanied a study order, see H4844	Similar To
H1732	Relative to the intimidation of witnesses and interfering with justice	Accompanied a study order, see H4844	Similar To
H1920	Relative to juvenile justice	Accompanied a study order, see H4844	Similar To
S1543	Relative to access to community corrections	Accompanied a study order, see S2763	Similar To
S1578	To provide criminal justice reform protections to all prisoners in segregated confinement	Accompanied a study order, see S2969	Similar To
S1868	Relative to establishing a criminal justice and community support trust fund	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2135	Relative to energy facilities siting reform to address environmental justice, climate, and public health	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S2665	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on the Judiciary to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to judiciary matters	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S496	Improving air quality in airport environmental justice communities	Accompanied a new draft, see H4785	Similar To
S996	To create access to justice	Accompanied a study order, see S2838	Similar To

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