Massachusetts Pols Like German Justice Approach To Young Adults

Massachusetts Pols Like German Justice Approach To Young Adults

By Katie Lannan
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE

BOSTON — The day after state lawmakers unveiled a compromise criminal justice bill in late March, the architects of that reform package joined Massachusetts court and corrections officials for a trip to Germany to study youth prisons there.

Gambling on Sports Coming To Massachusetts?
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Gambling on Sports Coming To Massachusetts?

NBP Staff

Legal sports betting could be coming to Massachusetts, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a federal law banning states from allowing it.

The federal Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday morning overturning the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 on a 7-2 vote, upholding the state of New Jersey's desire to allow sports betting.

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