Most Councilors warm to Baker commutation bids
Massachusetts elected officials have intervened to commute an inmate's sentence on a single occasion in the 21st century.
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Massachusetts elected officials have intervened to commute an inmate's sentence on a single occasion in the 21st century.
Governor Baker is thinking about doing something he hasn't done since he took office in 2015: commuting the life sentences of two men.
Thomas Koonce's life sentence in shooting of New Bedford man was commuted by Gov. Baker on Wednesday making him eligible for parole.
Both men are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole following first-degree murder convictions, and Baker wants to reduce those sentences to second-degree murder.
Two Massachusetts men convicted of first-degree murder could soon become eligible for parole after Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday announced his plans to...