Monday, November 24, 2008

John Forte's Prison Sentence Commuted


President Bush commuted the remainder of John Forte's prison sentence today along with one other prison sentence commute and fourteen Presidential pardons.

John Forte is a hip-hop artist and a backup singer for singer and children's book writer Carly Simon.

John was arrested in 2001 for trying to transport a briefcase with 31 pounds of liquid cocaine worth $1.4 million at the Newark international Airport. He was convicted of aiding and abetting in the distribution of liquid cocaine and received the mandatory 14 year minimum sentence.

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