Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Drug Related (Possession or sale) |
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2018 |
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Massachusetts |
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Judicially Exonerated |
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Herschelle Reaves |
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Information Source 1: |
"Judges Order Formally Dismisses 11,000 Drug Convictions Linked To Sonja Farak, By Katie Lannan, NEPR.net, April 5, 2018" |
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http://nepr.net/post/judge-s-order-formally-dismisses-11000-drug-convictions-linked-sonja-farak#stream/0 |
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"Committee for Public Counsel Services, Hampden County Lawyers For Justice, Inc., Herschelle Reaves, and Nicole Westcott v. Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al., No. SJ-2017 (Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 9-20-2017) (Petition Seeking Relief Pursuant To G.L. c. 211, § 3, and c. 231A, § 1)" |
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https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/mass-farak.pdf |
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