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>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 > >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. > > > >
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson