Who were they? Did they leave grieving survivors, and if so, who? Other than the fact that they were security guards when murdered, what had they accomplished in their lives? What might they have contributed to the world?
The Governor's Council on Wednesday approved a sentence commutation for convicted murderer Ramadan Shabazz, opening the door for the 73-year-old to potentially win parole 50 years after he was initially sentenced to death for a pair of Dorchester homicides. The unanimous vote came a day after councilors interviewed the Old Colony Correctional Center inmate at the State House.
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Following more than half a century in prison, a man once sentenced to death for a pair of homicides at a Dorchester grocery store could soon be released on parole after his clemency bid got a generally positive reception from the Governor's Council on Dec. 13. Ramadan Shabazz, 73, led his statement to councilors by
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