Legislation

We opposed this bill, noting that the complete abandonment of any statute of limitations hobbles the due process rights of ciriminal defendants.

We strongly supported a bill which would allow individuals serving long sentences to request a “second look” and reduction of their sentence after serving ten years.

We supported legislation which would generally prohibit the detention of a juvenile under the age of 14 at the Rhode Island Training School.

We opposed a provision in this bill that could allow police officers to recoup disability benefits if they allege to suffer from PTSD from misconduct that they have themselves inflicted on a civilian.

We testified in favor of legislation which would decriminalize sex work.

As an important piece of criminal justice reform legislation, this bill would slightly redefine in two ways the definitions of “felony” and “misdemeanor” in Rhode Island law.

We strongly supported legislation which would require that the parental status of a defendant be taken into account as a component of the sentencing process.

Rhode Island’s Access to Public Records Act hasn’t been amended in over a decade, and we strongly supported a comprehensive piece of legislation to update and strengthen this critical statute which upholds the public’s “right to know.”