Nearly a year ago at this time, the sense of outrage was palpable: How could a repeat armed robber - who’d previously shot a guard while holding up a jewelry store - have been released on parole and freed to shoot again, killing a Woburn police officer in another jewelry heist the day after Christmas? But 2011 is coming to a close without legislative consensus on a plan to crack down on habitual offenders.
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