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Ohio Gov. Asked to Pardon Mom Jailed in School Enrollment Fraud
By Hugh Collins - AOL NewsThe governor of Ohio has received 165,000 petition signatures asking him to pardon Kelley Williams-Bolar, the woman who spent 10 days in jail for fraudulently enrolling her children in a more desirable school district. Three nonprofit groups -- ColorofChange.org, Change.org and MomsRising.org -- delivered the petition to Gov. John Kasich's office Monday, according to The Columbus Dispatch. The groups want Kasich to pardon Williams-Bolar, 40, whose felony convictions could disqualify her from becoming a school teacher. Akron Beacon Journal / MCT Summit County ...
After 130 Years, No Pardon for Billy the Kid
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsBill the Governor has denied a posthumous pardon for Billy the Kid. Legend says that the notorious gunslinger of the Wild West was promised a pardon in exchange for testifying in a 19th-century murder trial. But authorities in the then-U.S. territory of New Mexico allegedly broke their promise, and the pardon never came. Billy the Kid was shot to death in 1881 after escaping from a jail where he was awaiting execution for killing a sheriff. He was 21. An Albuquerque trial attorney and Old West history buff, Randi McGinn, filed a petition for Billy the Kid's pardon earlier this year, nearly ...
This Is the End for Jim Morrison's Nudity Case
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News
(Dec. 9) -- The story begins in 1969, on an exceptionally hot night in an overcrowded concert hall in Miami. An exceptionally drunk Jim Morrison, slurring and screaming, stops singing "Touch Me," and what happens next destroys the Doors' meteoric career. Forty years later, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has successfully obtained a pardon for the long-dead singer on public indecency charges. Florida's Clemency Board unanimously voted to grant the pardon today, according to The Associated Press. Crist had said Morrison most likely never dropped his pants and exposed himself to a packed, screaming ...
Charlie Crist to Get His Long-Awaited Pardon of Jim Morrison
By David Knowles - AOL News(Dec. 8) -- He broke on through. Outgoing Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has secured enough votes on the state's Executive Clemency Board to ensure that Jim Morrison, the former lead singer of seminal '60s rock group the Doors, will receive a posthumous pardon for an indecent exposure conviction. Crist secured the second of two votes needed from members of the four-member board (which includes himself) necessary to allow Morrison to be cleared of the charges, the Orlando Sentinel reported. That means that "the Lizard King," as he was known, will officially be pardoned on Thursday, almost 40 ...
Strange Days: Fla. Governor May Pardon Jim Morrison
By John O. Membrino - AOL News
(Nov. 8) -- The music is just about over for Gov. Charlie Crist, but he may have one more noteworthy task left before leaving office: a pardon of fellow Floridian Jim Morrison for indecent exposure charges during a concert 41 years ago. "Candidly, it's something that I haven't given a lot of thought to, but it's something I'm willing to look into in the time I have left," Crist told Washington, D.C.'s The Hill newspaper. "Anything is possible." Jan Persson, Redferns/Getty Images Jim Morrison of The Doors was found guilty of indecent exposure and profanity after an incident at a 1969 concert ...
Pardon Billy the Kid? Not So Fast, Say Sheriff's Kin
By John O. Membrino - AOL News(July 30) -- There's talk around New Mexico that the governor is thinking of pardoning Billy the Kid, and descendants of Pat Garrett don't much cotton to the idea. Sheriff Garrett tracked down and shot dead Billy the Kid, aka William Bonney and several other aliases, in 1881 after the notorious gunslinger had killed two deputies while busting out of jail in Lincoln County. A couple of years earlier, the territorial governor, Lew Wallace, reportedly offered the Kid a pardon in connection with a murder charge he faced in return for his testimony against those involved in a bloody range war. But ...
Bush and Cheney's Relationship Was Strained at End of Term
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyAfter eight years working together as possibly the closest president and vice president in U.S. history, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney left the White House in January barely on speaking terms over Bush's decision not to pardon Lewis "Scooter" Libby. According to a fascinating article in Time magazine piecing together the final days of the administration, the vice president pushed so hard against an unwilling Bush to pardon former Cheney staffer Libby that their relationship was strained to the breaking point. ...
Bush Pardons Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean
By Dave - Politics DailyAP NewsIn his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday commuted the prison sentences of two former U.S. Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited fierce debate about illegal immigration.Bush's decision to commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who tried to cover up the shooting, was welcomed by both Republican and Democratic members of Congress. They had long argued that the agents were merely doing their jobs, defending the American border against criminals. They also maintained that the more than 10-year prison ...
Bush Promotes Democracy, Pardons Turkeys
By Michael Kraskin - Politics DailyStill President George W. Bush will be pardoning the traditional Thanksgiving turkeys today at the White House. This year, Bush is using the event to show his commitment to democracy by letting the good people of United States vote on the names of the Turkeys. The options are:Popcorn & Cranberry Yam & Jam Dawn & Early Light Roost & Run Pumpkin & Pecan Apple & CiderGet out there and rock the vote. And for goodness sake, please make the right choice. ...
Can George W Bush Pardon Himself?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics Dailydigg_url = 'http://www.politicsdaily.com/2008/11/24/can-george-w-bush-pardon-himself/'; ...
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