State medical parole law angers victims' kin, prosecutors

Massachusetts has released 21 first-degree murderers under the state’s medical parole law

The releases, happening primarily during the coronavirus pandemic, have angered prosecutors and the families of victims.

State medical parole law angers victims’ kin, prosecutors

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts has released 21 convicted first-degree murderers under the state’s three-year-old medical parole law, most of them in the past year during the coronavirus pandemic, angering prosecutors and the families of their victims. Under state law, people convicted of first-degree murder receive mandatory sentences of life ...

State medical parole law angers victims' kin, prosecutors

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts has released 21 convicted first-degree murderers under the state’s three-year-old medical parole law, most of them in the past year during the coronavirus pandemic, angering prosecutors