Rachael Rollins

Supports eliminating cash bail and re-instituting a presumption of non-prosecution for 26 minor nonviolent criminal code sections, based on research she commissioned showing such an approach reduced future misdemeanors and felonies. Believes prison should be used as a last resort and that data and science should drive charging decisions.

“Do you support the elimination of cash bail? ... Yes. ... I have implemented policies like this before ... We commissioned groundbreaking research establishing that a presumption of non-prosecution for 26 minor nonviolent criminal code sections led to less future contact with the system, meaning fewer future misdemeanors and felonies (and, thus, fewer victims).”

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Prioritizes reducing and preventing gun violence through data usage and leadership, convening Boston Police and community violence intervention leaders, and redirecting office funding (including asset forfeiture funds) to violence prevention and intervention programs employing credible messengers.

“Reducing and preventing upticks in gun violence through leadership and data usage. Specifically, I will call meetings with the Boston Police Department and community violence intervention leaders to work on strategy. ... I will also commit to using more of our office's funding, including the asset forfeiture funds I inherit, for violence prevention and intervention, prioritizing funding and resources for programs that employ credible messengers who were formerly incarcerated and/or system-involved.”

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Commits to considering immigration consequences as part of prosecution decisions to avoid exposing immigrant populations to additional punitive consequences; notes she did this during her first term and will again.

“Would your office commit to considering immigration consequences as part of the prosecution decision? ... I have before and I will again.”

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Intends to expand the Mental Health Court, focusing on trauma-informed care and the mental health treatment people appearing before the court require, and would seek to replicate Bucks County (PA)'s award-winning mentor court model.

“I intend to expand the Mental Health Court. Specifically, focusing on getting people appearing before this court trauma-informed care and the mental health treatment they require. Bucks County District Attorney's Office in Pennsylvania recently won a national award for being one of the Top 10 Mentor Courts in the Country. We will attempt to replicate its program.”

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Rollins prioritizes reducing gun violence and solving unsolved homicides through data and community violence intervention, committing to reinstate her PUSH unsolved-homicides initiative and to fund credible-messenger violence prevention programs.

“Reducing and preventing upticks in gun violence through leadership and data usage.”

progressivemass.com·As of August 2026

Rollins opposes the punitive War on Drugs approach and its racial disparities, supports treating addiction as a public health issue, and worked during her prior term to vacate unlawful convictions from the Hinton Drug Lab scandal.

“The war on drugs was intentional and focused exclusively on poor, Black communities.”

progressivemass.com·As of August 2026