The Boston Globe
August 18, 2020
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Sandra Susan Smith
Director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy
Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice, HKS; Professor of Sociology, FAS; Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor, Radcliffe

Abstract

It was only a matter of time before the Massachusetts Bail Fund would facilitate the pretrial release of a defendant who would go on to be charged with a shocking new crime. That time came earlier this month.

Citation

Smith, Sandra Susan. "The Massachusetts Bail Fund Is on the Right Side of the Law — and Justice." The Boston Globe. August 18, 2020.