Governor’s Council approves Healey’s blanket pardon for marijuana possession convictions

 Governor’s Council approves Healey’s blanket pardon for marijuana possession convictions

The sweeping pardon applies to all adult state-level misdemeanor possession convictions handed down before mid-March.

It is historic, said Joseph Ferreira, a Governors Council member and Swansea Democrat. No [governor] has ever done this in the history of the nation, that I know of, a blanket pardon for all these ma…