who wasn't famous or rich.


>So shall we forgive & forget or nah??
>
>http://www.bostonherald.com/inside_track/celebrity_news/2014/12/mark_wahlberg_seeks_pardon_for_1988_assault_conviction
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>Dorchester-born actor Mark Walhberg is asking the state to
>wipe a 25-year-old assault case from his record.
>
>Wahlberg was sentenced in 1988 and served three months in
>jail, according to his petition, filed with the state on Nov.
>26. The Hollywood star says his “past convictions still
>legally impact me to this day,” but notes he has spoken
>openly about his troubled youth.
>
>“The more complex answer is that receiving a pardon would be
>a formal recognition that I am not the same person that I was
>on the night of April 8, 1988,” Wahlberg wrote. “My hope
>is that, if I receive a pardon, troubled youths will see this
>as an inspiration and motivation that they too can turn their
>lives around and be formally accepted back into society.
>
>“It would also be an important capstone to the lessons that
>I try to teach my own children on a daily basis,” he added.
>
>Wahlberg, whose list of Hollywood titles includes, “Ted,”
>“The Fighter” and “The Departed,” joins a growing list
>of those hoping to wipe the slate clean. The state’s
>advisory board of pardons is still sorting through more than
>250 petitions for commutations, or requests to shorten a jail
>sentence, and more than 70 pardons, according to the office.
>
>Gov. Deval Patrick has already recommended four people for
>pardon and one commutation in recent months, his first during
>his two terms.
>
>The board has not yet voted on whether to recommend Wahlberg
>for a pardon.
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