More Pardons Coming, Says Governor’s Council Member – Just Like The Good Old Days

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 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.…