But urges lawmakers to agree to changes
Governor Deval Patrick signaled Tuesday that he may be open to signing a high-profile crime bill if lawmakers agree to make changes next year.
At the same time, Patrick said he had made no final decision about the bill, which is currently on his desk.
“It’s a good bill; it’s not a great bill,” Patrick told reporters just before he entered a meeting with House and Senate leaders. “There’s a lot of work that has not yet been done, and I’m hoping that I can get a commitment from the leadership, a commitment to come back and do some of it at the beginning of the next session.”
The bill approved by lawmakers last week would reduce mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses, a Patrick priority, while making many repeat violent offenders ineligible for parole under a much-debated “three-strikes” provision. Read more...
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