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Chorus of voices urge Healey to revamp state’s clemency system

Por: The Boston Globe Opinion May 21, 2023

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Re (Editorial, May 14): Clemency, which is now a rarity, was used historically as a fail-safe to ensure that a sentence was serving justice. Innocent people may be wrongly convicted, judges may impose overly harsh sentences, and mandatory sentences are blunt instruments that fail to consider mitigating circumstances.Advanced age also should factor into clemency, as should lack of maturity at the time of an offense. Studies show both that... + full article



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