Under Governor Maura Healey's administration, race, gender, and sexual identity will be considered when issuing pardons and commutations, the governor's office announced this week.
The administration says that its new clemency guidelines show a commitment to fairness and equity in the criminal justice system.
The city of Fall River is planning to appeal a judge's order to turn over records showing why the city forced out a long-time employee and to pay legal fees to the newspaper that sued for the records.
The director of the city's Department of Community Maintenance resigned in June 2022 after the city hired a private investigator to follow him around and interview other employees, according to the Fall River Herald News.
