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All seven pardons Gov. Maura Healey recommended won approval from the Governor's Council on Wednesday, cementing the first pardons awarded by a Massachusetts governor during their first elected year in office in three decades.

All seven pardons Gov. Maura Healey recommended won approval from the Governor’s Council on Wednesday, cementing the first pardons awarded by a Massachusetts governor during<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/council-approves-all-seven-of-healeys-pardon-recommendations/">Read More</a>

All seven pardons Governor Maura Healey recommended won approval from the Governor’s Council on Wednesday, cementing the first pardons awarded by a Massachusetts governor during their first elected year in office in three decades.

All seven pardons Gov. Maura Healey recommended won approval from the Governor's Council on Wednesday, cementing the first pardons awarded by a Massachusetts...

Gov. Maura Healey recommended pardoning seven people who were convicted of everything from low-level drug offenses to assault and battery on a police officer.

Those individuals Healey recommended include a veteran, firefighter, social worker, nurse, cancer patient, and individuals seeking to join the military or law enforcement.

Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday took the unusually early step of seeking pardons for seven people convicted of various offenses years ago, and signaled that<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/saying-justice-cant-wait-healey-off-to-early-start-on-pardons/">Read More</a>

Gov. Maura Healey is recommending seven people be pardoned, including a Boston firefighter convicted over drugs more than 30 years ago and a retiree whose 1966...

Gov. Maura Healey is recommending seven people be pardoned, including a Boston firefighter convicted over drugs more than 30 years ago and a retiree whose 1966 conviction of arson is preventing him from working as a nurse. All seven received unanimous recommendations for pardons from the state’s Parole Board. It’s the earliest a Massachusetts governor has recommended pardons in over...

Governor Maura Healey on Thursday recommended pardoning seven people for a range of decades-old crimes including drug possession, arson, and assault in what are believed to be the most proposed pardons by a first-year governor in 40 years.