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AMADO v. SUPT., MASS. CORRECTIONAL INST. AT WALPOLE

366 Mass. 45 (1974)

314 N.E.2d 432

ROGER AMADO vs. SUPERINTENDENT, MASSACHUSETTS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AT WALPOLE & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kay Hodge for the plaintiff.

Barbara A.H. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, for the Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, & KAPLAN, JJ.

TAURO, C.J.

This case presents for our consideration the question whether G.L.c. 127, § 129, which prohibits persons convicted of certain sex offences from receiving the "good conduct" deductions from their prison sentences which are generally available to all other prisoners,2 operates to deny the plaintiff equal protection of the laws in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the analogous provisions...

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