On March 6, 2017, Attorney Wood and a team of attorneys from Ropes & Gray filed a brief in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Weaver v. Massachusetts, No. 16-240. They argue that the Court should not shy away from vindicating the treasured right to a public trial. The government's argument that vindicating the right to a public trial would "open up the floodgates" is both factually incorrect and diverts attention from the real issue: whether our Constitution entitles everyone to a public trial. Read the brief here.
On behalf of MACDL, Attorney Wood was part of a team that filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Judicial Court on March 24, 2020. Together with lawyers from CPCS and the ACLU, the petition asks the SJC to take immediate steps in light of the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce prison and jail populations to protect the health and lives of our clients, as well as correctional staff and the public. Read the petition here.