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Bush_Pardons_081223.appHeader = "Fact File| Recipients of pardons";
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Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","INTRODUCTION ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i-1].body = "President George W. Bush on Tuesday commuted one prison sentence and granted 19 pardons, including one to a man who helped the Jewish resistance in the 1940s. Click on the names at left to learn about the recipients.<br>";

Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","William Thomas Alvis III","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i-1].body = "The Flushing, Ohio, resident was sentenced to 13 months in prison and five years of supervised release in May 1990 for possession of an unregistered firearm and distribution of cocaine.";

Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","John Allen Aregood","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i-1].body = "The Riviera, Texas, resident also known as Johnny &#147;Sonny&#148; Aregood was found guilty of of conspiracy to harbor and transport illegal aliens and sentenced in November 1996 to three years of probation and fined $1,000. <br>";

Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Eric Charles Blanke","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i-1].body = "Blanke, of Parker, Colo., was found guilty of making impressions of obligations of the United States, or counterfeiting, and sentenced in July 1995 to three years of probation conditioned upon performing 50 hours of community service.";

Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Steve Doyle Cavender","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i-1].body = "Cavender, of The Villages, Fla., was found guilty of conspiring to import, possess, distribute and dispense marijuana; importing and causing to be imported marijuana; and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute  and sentenced in August 1973 to six months in prison, five years of probation, two years of special parole.";

Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Maria Elana Eppens","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i-1].body = "Eppens, of Lynden, Wash., was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and sentenced in June 1992 to four years of probation conditioned on 60 days of confinement and work release, four months of home detention and performance of 200 hours of community service. ";

Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Lydia Lee Ferguson ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i-1].body = "Also known as Lydia Lee Helland, Ferguson, of Sun City, Ariz., was found guilty of aiding and abetting possession of stolen mail and sentenced in November 1990 to 18 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release and payment of $5,000 in restitution. ";

Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Eduviges Duvi Gonzalez-Matsumura ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i-1].body = "Gonzalez, of Clovis, Calif., was convicted of aiding and abetting embezzlement of bank funds and sentenced in May 1993 to two months in prison and three years of supervised release conditioned on performance of 300 hours of community service.";

Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","George Clarence Greene Jr. ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i-1].body = "Greene, of Gray, Ga., was convicted of mail fraud and sentenced in November 1985 to three years of probation and fined $1,000. ";

Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","James Won Hee Kang ","Kang, of South Barrington, Ill., was convicted of trafficking in counterfeit goods and sentenced in 1985 to one year of probation and a $5,000 fine.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Alan Stephen Maiss ","Maiss, of Reno, Nev., sentenced in 1995 to one year probation and a $5,000 fine for concealing the knowledge of a felony. ","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Richard Harold Miller","Miller, of Tallahassee, Fla., was sentenced in 1993 to five years probation and a $10,000 fine for conspiring to defraud the United States.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Delano Abraham Nixon","Nixon, of Neosho Rapids, Kan., was sentenced in 1962 for forging the endorsement on a U.S. Treasury check. He received three years of probation conditioned upon payment of restitution. <br>","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","John H. Overholt","Overholt, of Black Hawk, S.D., was sentenced in 1998 for concealing information affecting Social Security benefits. He was given two years of probation and a $1,500 fine, and ordered to pay $10,620 restitution. <br>","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Morris Keith Parker","Parker, of Georgetown, S.C., was convicted of withholding knowledge of a felony and sentenced in 1991 to three years of probation conditioned on performance of 150 hours of community service.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Reed Raymond Prior","Prior, of Des Moines, Iowa, was the sole recipient of a commutation. Convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, he was sentenced in 1996 to life in prison with 10 years of supervised release. His prison sentence is now set to expire on Feb. 23, 2009, but the terms of the commutation leave intact the 10 years of supervised release with all its conditions.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Robert Truman Reece","Reece, of Redondo Beach, Calif., was court martialed by the Navy for unauthorized absences in 1949 and 1950.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Donald Edward Roessler","Roessler, of Harrison, Ohio, was sentenced in 1971 to two years probation for mail embezzlement.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","* Issac Robert Toussie","Toussie, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was convicted of mail fraud and false statements to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He was sentenced in 2003 to five months in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $10,000 fine. On Wednesday, the White House announced that the pardon would be revoked after learning that Toussie's father made political contributions to Republicans.","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","Charles Winters","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Bush_Pardons_081223[i-1].body = "Winters, who died in 1984, was convicted of violating the Neutrality Act of 1939 while helping the Zionist militants trying to establish Israel. He was sentenced in February 1949 to 18 months in prison and fined $5,000.";

Bush_Pardons_081223[i++] = new Array("","David Lane Woolsey","Woolsey, of St. George, Utah, was convicted of aiding and abetting violation of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act. He was sentenced in 1992 to three years  probation.<br>","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
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