Gov. Baker last on Friday continued his lame-duck streak of recommending pardons and commutations, proposing that a convicted murderer once sentenced to death after killing two people in Dorchester be made eligible for parole. Baker commuted the first-degree murder sentence of Ramadan Shabazz to second-degree murder, which, his office said, would make the 72-year-old once
As he prepares to leave office, Gov. Charlie Baker announced he is commuting a man's first degree murder sentence and granting pardons to six people, including two people convicted in a child molestation case that has been debated for decades.