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Commonwealth v. Abimael Colon-Cruz, Jose Colon and Miguel Angel Rosado

January 01, 1984

The Boston Bar Association filed an amicus brief in Commonwealth v. Abimael Colon-Cruz, Jose Colon and Miguel Angel Rosado, challenging the constitutionality of the Massachusetts death penalty statute enacted in 1982. The brief also argued that it imposed “devastating burdens on the Bar.”

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