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Lying or spreading “false news” was treated as a crime in colonial Massachusetts.
Portraits in Massachusetts Law is a regular feature of Massachusetts Law Updates.
Early in 1692, a group of girls in Salem Village (now the town of Danvers) began to accuse people of witchcraft.
The power to grant executive clemency for offenses violating state law, including both pardons and commutations, is held in Massachusetts by the governor, with the advice and consent of the Massachusetts Governor’s Council.
Hate crime and hate speech are related, but not identical topics.
“Hate crimes” and “hate speech” are hot topics in the realms of education, the courts, the media, and in our daily lives.
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