Baker’s dangerousness bill divides DA candidates

Prosecutors are on the frontlines in detention proceedings

GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S effort to bolster the state law allowing defendants to be held before trial has been shelved for now by lawmakers, who call it an unwarranted overreach, but the bill raises important questions about how the system should deal with those charged but not yet convicted of any crime.  The state’s district attorneys(...)

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