Marilyn Petitto Devaney
Hometown: Watertown
Party: Democratic
Age: 85
Education:
Suffolk University; Middlesex Community College; Boston State College.
Suffolk University; Middlesex Community College; Boston State College.
Prior experience:
Governor’s Councilor since 1999; Watertown City Council
Governor’s Councilor since 1999; Watertown City Council
Why she’s running:
“I’ve been on the Governor’s Council for 25 years, and my work is not done. I want to be a voice on the council — and that’s what I’ve been. I want to continue to do that. I want to have more commutations, to have more pardons. … I have an excellent relationship with the new governor, and I’m excited to get to work, particularly with commutations.”
“I’ve been on the Governor’s Council for 25 years, and my work is not done. I want to be a voice on the council — and that’s what I’ve been. I want to continue to do that. I want to have more commutations, to have more pardons. … I have an excellent relationship with the new governor, and I’m excited to get to work, particularly with commutations.”
Mara Dolan
Hometown: Concord
Party: Democratic
Age: 61
Education:
Massachusetts School of Law; University of Rhode Island
Massachusetts School of Law; University of Rhode Island
Profession:
Public defender
Public defender
Prior experience:
Candidate for Governor’s Council 2022, 2012
Candidate for Governor’s Council 2022, 2012
Why she’s running:
“There’s never been a full-time public defender on the Governor’s Council. This is a perspective that’s badly needed and badly overdue. You can’t know these things unless you’re in court seeing what’s happening as I do. … Our racial disparities are below the national average. We are sending people to prison for relapse all the time when the science is very clear that punishing people for relapse is the most harmful thing that we can do. We clearly need change, and the choice is very clear.”
“There’s never been a full-time public defender on the Governor’s Council. This is a perspective that’s badly needed and badly overdue. You can’t know these things unless you’re in court seeing what’s happening as I do. … Our racial disparities are below the national average. We are sending people to prison for relapse all the time when the science is very clear that punishing people for relapse is the most harmful thing that we can do. We clearly need change, and the choice is very clear.”
