A member of the Governor's Council expressed enthusiasm about Maura Healey's reversal of a longstanding trend among Massachusetts governors not to recommend many pardons for crimes.
Marilyn Pettito Devaney, a Democrat from Watertown and member of the council since 1999, said the Governor's Council during the 1960s used to hold 20 to 30 hearings for pardons and commutations a week.
A Dominican Republic citizen pleaded guilty this week to possessing seven kilograms of fentanyl and one kilogram of fentanyl and fentanyl analog intended for distribution.
Ana Checo, 42, pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing 400 grams or more of fentanyl with intent to distribute, along with 100 grams or more of valeryl fentanyl, and also to a count of conspiring to launder money.
