Tag: pardon

  • Artest: Blame me if Lakers don’t repeat (AP)

    Pardon Ron Artest if he's a bit geographically challenged and had no idea that San Diego has a big league baseball team, even though he was wearing a Padres cap. This much he's sure of — If his Los Angeles Lakers don't repeat as NBA champions, fans can point their fingers at him. "They should.

  • Mayor Pardons ’60s Civil Rights Protesters

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ? Birmingham’s mayor offered a blanket pardon this week to thousands of demonstrators charged in this cauldron of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, a mostly symbolic forgiveness he acknowledges few may actually want.

    Many blacks who braved police dogs and fire hoses say they carry their misdemeanor record with them as a badge of honor.