Court to weigh release of jail inmates amid pandemic
(WorldNews Politics)

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts` highest court will hear arguments over the telephone next Tuesday in a case seeking the release of inmates amid the coronavirus pandemic. An emergency petition filed by public defenders and defense attorneys in the Supreme Judicial Court this week asks the justices to reduce the number of people entering jails and prisons, order the release of certain pretrial detainees, and free those serving...