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RI delegation heads to Boston to protest immigration law, Providence Journal: 7/9/2010 |
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R.I. delegation heads to Boston to protest immigration law
01:00 AM EDT on Friday, July 9, 2010
PROVIDENCE — A local delegation will join Saturday's march and rally in Boston to protest the visit by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who is attending the National Governor's Association Meeting.
Demonstrators are calling for the repeal of Arizona's SB 1070 that Brewer signed into law in April. Organizations throughout the East Coast are sending delegations, according to the Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition.
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RI modifies law on probationers after four-year campaign, Providence Journal: 6/20/2010 |
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R.I. modifies law on probationers after four-year campaign
01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, June 20, 2010. By John Hill. Journal Staff Writer.
PROVIDENCE — People imprisoned for probation violations will be freed if they are cleared of the charge that led to their being sent back to prison under a new law Governor Carcieri allowed to take effect without his signature.
The governor's decision this month capped a four-year effort by supporters to change what they said was an inequity in the state's probation system, one that they said led to people who were found not guilty of crimes, in effect, serving time for them.
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