Her office said these guidelines 'explicitly outline' for the first time how a governor will deploy executive clemency as a tool to 'address unfairness and systemic bias in the criminal justice system.'
Gov. Maura Healey unveiled an overhaul of executive clemency guidelines on Tuesday that she said begin to address bias in the criminal justice system.
"It’s a tool that can be used to soften some of the harsher edges of the criminal justice system," said Healey.
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