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  • Market 'wonder' granted clemency ( Eddie Gilbert and Bill Richardson )

    12/31/2010 9:12:39 PM PST · by george76 · 2 replies
    The New Mexican ^ | December 29, 2010 | Steve Terrell
    An 88-year old commercial real-estate magnate — and Bill Richardson campaign contributor — convicted of embezzling and stock manipulation is among 19 people who received executive clemency this year from New Mexico's outgoing governor. Eddie Gilbert, who in the 1950s was called "the boy wonder of Wall Street," served two prison sentences for crimes committed in New York decades ago. A Richardson spokesman said Wednesday that Richardson's action regarding Gilbert is not an actual pardon...Richardson does not have the power to pardon federal crimes. The governor of New Mexico also doesn't have the power to pardon crimes committed outside the...