Just when you think you’ve seen the worst from our deranged state legislature, along comes a bill that even savages shouldn’t support. But nothing is off the table for our lawmakers so long as it comes with a boatload of cash.
The latest missive is known as the “Massachusetts Survivors Act”. It claims that the purpose of the bill is to ensure justice for victims. Sounds good until you see that the word “victims” refers to criminals who say they were abused at some point before they committed their crimes and that the abuse made them rape or kill an innocent human being.
Let me repeat that. This bill gives rapists, murderers, bank robbers, drug traffickers, child predators, etc. the right to request diversion & dismissal of criminal charges, or substantially reduce their punishment, so lo

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