Mar. 6: Commutation Merit Review for Marie “Mechie” Scott
Thursday, March 6, 2025 | 9:00 a.m.
Online
At this month’s PA Board of Pardons’ Commutation Merit Review session, the Board will consider and vote on Marie “Mechie” Scott’s application for commutation. For weeks, ALC and our allies Amistad Law Project and Let’s Get Free, along with people across Pennsylvania, have been calling on Gov. Shapiro and Dept. of Corrections Secretary Laurel Harry to listen to the officials at State Correctional Institute Muncy, who think it’s time for Mechie to go home.
Marie is 71, battling cancer, and has been incarcerated for 51 years for participating in a crime at age 19 that led to a death she did not cause or intend. The person who actually committed the murder was freed years ago, but Mechie received PA’s mandatory sentence for 2nd-degree/felony murder: life in prison without parole.
Despite her history of good behavior, years of mentoring, and all of the community support she has, the Board of Pardons has denied her the opportunity of a commutation hearing around 6 times already. Secretary Harry said late last year that she would not support Marie’s commutation application.
Please tune in to this session to show that the community cares about what happens to Marie Scott.