U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a posthumous pardon to former LSU football star Billy Cannon, who served time in federal prison in the 1980s for counterfeiting.
Cannon’s pardon was announced with those of former other NFL football players Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis and Travis Henry, who are all still alive. Alice Marie Johnson, the first-ever White House pardon czar, shared the news Friday on social media.
“As football reminds us, excellence is built on grit, grace, and the courage to rise again,” Johnson wrote. “So is our nation.”
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