Posted on 12/24/2015 12:27:55 PM PST by Steelfish
Gov. Jerry Brown Pardons Robert Downey Jr. For 1990s Drug Offenses
Actor Robert Downey Jr., who spent time behind bars in the late 1990s on drug convictions, received a Christmas Eve pardon from Gov. Jerry Brown, effectively scrubbing his criminal record clean.
The actor was one of 91 people to whom the governor granted clemency for past crimes, most of them minor drug offenses that are no longer felonies under California law, as well as robbery and burglary. It has become an annual Christmas Eve tradition: official proclamations for men and women who previously served time for mostly nonviolent crimes.
Downey had a long history of problems with drugs and the law, including repeated arrests in 1996. In total, the actor served two years, eight months, and in 2002 he completed his parole.
Downey, perhaps best known for his role as Iron Man in a series of Marvel films, obtained an order on Oct. 20 from a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, finding that he has since "lived an honest and upright life, exhibited good moral character, and conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen."
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I think Drew Carey is one of the all around good guys in Hollywood. Pretty sure he has a stellar reputation.
Well played...
:-)
Maybe Brown thinks Robert Downey Jr will payoff the states debt
What’s a Msrine?
Thank you. :)
“I Am Iron Man...”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjTrFo-bITU
I was going to do that at my retirement ceremony, but I figured I’d leave the guessing instead.
“the guessing” = them guessing
Marine
Did you need the /sarc tag for that?
Good grief .. when do the citizens of CA get a pardon from all this Governors horrible laws .. especially the ones keeping us from having enough water to grow our food.
Gov Brown is just as bad as Obama.
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