Posted on 02/03/2011 1:53:48 AM PST by xmission
Council, Governor Commute Sentence
CONCORD, N.H. -- A man convicted of criminal threatening after he was accused of waving a gun at a woman on his property was freed from jail Wednesday.
Ward Bird grabbed his family in a bear hug Wednesday night following his release from the Carroll County Jail.
"I'm humbled, and thank you very much; we will talk more in the future. Right now I want to be with my family," Bird said.
The Moultonborough man spent 77 days behind bars on a 2006 felony criminal threatening conviction, which his supporters said was unjust.
The Executive Council voted unanimously to commute Ward Bird's three- to six-year sentence, but he wasn't given the pardon he asked for.
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