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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (25196)	11/25/2008 1:16:08 PM
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November 25, 2008 Rapper and police sergeant among President Bush pardons A Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist and a former Detroit police sergeant are among 16 individuals to be pardoned or to have their prison sentences commuted by President Bush. The new round of White House pardons announced late last night are Mr Bush's first since March, and come less than two months before the end of his presidency. The beneficiaries' crimes include drugs conspiracy, tax evasion, poisoning bald eagles, dumping hazardous waste, bank embezzlement and theft of government property. John Edward Forte, a Grammy Award-winning rapper, is arguably the best known of those pardoned. He was arrested at Newark International Airport in 2000 after being found with a briefcase containing $1.4m of cocaine and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. The singer, of North Brunswick, New Jersey, will be released after serving half of a 14 year sentence... timesonline.co.uk

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