Rapper and police sergeant among President Bush pardons

[JudyInTheHeartland]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5229613.ece

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.

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.

Forte, who has always protested his innocence, co-wrote and produced two songs on The Score, the Fugees' Grammy-winning 1996 album and several singers, including Carly Simon, had joined a campaign for his pardon, claiming he was not given a fair-trial.

The singer, of North Brunswick, New Jersey, will be released after serving half of a 14 year sentence.

[goddess40]

1. Surprise Bush has a soft spot in his heart for a coke head nt

[greguganus]

2. I hope he pardons the 2 border patrol guards that shot that drug dealer from Mexico. n/t

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. "Dunt ever'one do that? Hehehe."