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PostPosted: 05/24/18 1:08 pm    ::: Jack Johnson pardoned Reply Reply with quote
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/sports/jack-johnson-pardon-trump.html

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Johnson was convicted in 1913 of violating the Mann Act on charges that he transported a white woman across state lines “for immoral purposes.” The woman Johnson transported, Belle Schreiber, worked as a prostitute and had been in a steady relationship with the heavyweight champion.

Johnson was sentenced to a year in prison, but he fled the country for several years, returning in 1920 to serve his sentence.



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PostPosted: 05/25/18 10:04 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
I'm surprised we still have the Mann Act. Rolling Eyes



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