Description: Gov. Dukakis signs bill causing judges to account publicly for sentencing decisions, i.e. why a violent criminal might not be sent to jail.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/20/1989
Description: Superior Court Chief Justice Robert Steadman explains that case backlog burdens state judicial system. Rows of files, paperwork stacked in offices, clerk and judge in courtroom.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/20/1989
Description: Deborah Weinstein and AFDC recipients present "poor people's budget" to safeguard welfare benefits and human services in the state budget.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/20/1989