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'Disgrace': Reactions Heated For New Mass Bill To Allow Inmates To Donate Organ To Cut Sentence 'Disgrace': Reactions Heated For New Mass Bill To Allow Inmates To Donate Organ To Cut Sentence
'Disgrace': Reactions Heated For New Mass Bill To Allow Inmates To Donate Organ To Cut Sentence Two Massachusetts state representatives last month proposed legislation that would allow prisoners to shorten their sentences if they donate bone marrow or organs.  Reps. Judith Garcia (Suffolk) and Carlos González (Springfield) presented the bill as a way to bolster the number of organs and bone marrow available to those in need and "restore bodily autonomy" for people behind bars. Each inmate who gives could see between 60 days to a year cut from their sentence. The bill would create a committee to decide who is eligible for the program and how much each donation is worth.  Related: Pri…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Prisoners Could Trade Organs For Less Jail Time In Proposed Mass Bill Prisoners Could Trade Organs For Less Jail Time In Proposed Mass Bill
Prisoners Could Trade Organs For Less Jail Time In Proposed Mass Bill How much is an organ worth in Massachusetts? Anywhere between 60 days and a year of freedom, according to a newly-proposed State House bill.  The proposal, filed on Friday Jan. 20, would create a Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Program in which eligible incarcerated people would shave between 60 days and a year off of their sentence when they donate bone marrow or an organ.  Here’s Volume I of Garcia’s Guide to Legislation! #mapoli pic.twitter.com/TqmrAYZRHc — Rep Judith García (@GarciaJudithMA) January 27, 2023 All costs associated with the program would be covered by the institutions …

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by Morgan Gonzales
Police & Fire
East Longfellow Man Trafficked Enough Fentanyl To Kill 200,000 Users: Police East Longfellow Man Trafficked Enough Fentanyl To Kill 200,000 Users: Police
East Longfellow Man Trafficked Enough Fentanyl To Kill 200,000 Users: Police Police arrested an East Longfellow man recently on charges of trafficking a large amount of fentanyl and firearm violation, federal authorities said.  Carlos Gonzalez, 25, appeared for the first time in a Boston federal courtroom last month for allegedly bringing 400 grams of the synthetic opioid into Massachusetts, the Department of Justice said. For context, the DEA reports that 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be deadly depending on a person's size, weight, and tolerance, which means 200,000 people could have potentially overdosed on the haul police say Gonzales had. Investigators a…

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by Josh Lanier