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  • January 17, 2017 at 6:17 pm #63790
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    link:http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/obama-commutes-chelsea-manning-s-prison-sentence-1.3939966

    January 17, 2017 at 9:29 pm #63802
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    Is this the pardon thread?

    Obama pardons Stretch and Duke…

    Willie Mac one of my first childhood idols… I love Willie.

    URL = http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/17/willie-mccovey-among-those-pardoned-by-obama/

    Former Giants star Willie McCovey was pardoned by President Obama on Tuesday.

    McCovey and fellow Hall of Famer Duke Snider pleaded guilty to tax fraud in July of 1995 for not reporting income earned from signing autographs and appearing at sports memorabilia shows.

    McCovey had pleaded guilty to not listing about $70,000 in income from 1988-90. He was paid $33,000 in cash at a 1989 Atlantic City memorabilia show.

    McCovey was one of 64 people who received pardons from Obama on Tuesday.

    Snider died in 2011.

    January 17, 2017 at 10:10 pm #63810
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    Joemad,

    Thanks for that. Huge fan of McCovey too.

    I don’t know why, but I chose almost all of my teams at about the same time. LA Rams, Lakers and San Fran Giants.

    Primarily cuz of Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, Gabe, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Mays, McCovey and Marichal.

    Wilt the Stilt solidified my pick of the Lakers the following year or so, if memory serves. I started rooting for them before Chamberlain joined them.

    Anyway, cool that Obama pardoned them. I don’t know if it’s legal, and I’m guessing it’s not, but I wish he could just open up the gates and pardon every non-violent drug offender. Wish we could just decriminalize all of that, and every non-violent “victimless” crime as well.

    Set them all free.

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