Massachusetts governor abandons pardons in sex abuse case
Gov. Charlie Baker withdrew his request Wednesday seeking pardons for two individuals at the center of one the nation’s most notorious sexual abuse trials of the 1980s.
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Gov. Charlie Baker withdrew his request Wednesday seeking pardons for two individuals at the center of one the nation’s most notorious sexual abuse trials of the 1980s.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker withdrew his pardon request for the people involved in a famous 1980s sex abuse case. Critics and supporters of the pardon spoke at a public hearing.
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Statehouse panel is weighing whether to approve Gov. Charlie Baker’s recommended pardons of two individuals at the center of one the nation's most high-profile sexual abuse trials of the 1980s .
A panel will consider the recommendations for two people in what was one of the highest profile cases in the country at the time.
Gerald “Tooky” Amirault, his sister Cheryl Amirault LeFave and their late mother, Violet, were convicted in the 1980s. Read more at Boston.com.