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HARMON v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

SJC-12876, SJC-12895.

487 Mass. 470 (2021)

RAYMOND HARMON v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION. BRIAN RACINE v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 19, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Greenberg for Raymond Harmon & another.

Richard E. Gordon ( Bradley A. Sultan also present) for Commissioner of Correction & others.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Mark H. Bluver for John Stote.

David Milton & Michael J. Horrell for Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts.

Rosemary Curran Scapicchio for Dennis Daye.

Edward B. Gaffney for Damien Lockhart.

Sharon L. Sullivan-Puccini for James Carver.

Valerie A. DePalma for Kenneth Junier.

Present: BUDD, C.J., GAZIANO, LOWY, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.

The plaintiffs in these cases were prisoners at Commonwealth correctional facilities who applied for release under the medical parole statute, G. L. c. 127, § 119A. Both of their petitions were denied by the Commissioner of Correction (commissioner). Raymond Harmon sought judicial review of the commissioner's decision, but died...

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