Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has pardoned MeekMill on a 15-year-old drug and gun charge — meaning the offenses will be permanently removed from his criminal record.
Monica Morgan/GIcelebrated a momentous day on Thursday when he announced that outgoing Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf had granted him a pardon on the 15-year-old drug and gun charges that for years bedeviled the rapper’s life and career. The moves means the offenses will be permanently expunged from his criminal record. “Thankyall. I’m only gone do more for my community on God!,” Meek wrote on Instagram alongside a slightly redacted copy of the official pardon document.
Mill , was convicted on drug and weapons charges in 2008 — when he was 18-years-old — and sentenced to 11-23 months in prison and released after serving eight months of his sentence and was later placed on probation for five years.
In July 2019, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania granted Mill’s appeal, thereby overturning his 2008 conviction and ordering a new trial to be overseen by a different judge. That same year, Mill launched the non-profit , whose mission is to “transform probation and parole by changing laws, systems and culture to create real pathways to work and wellbeing.”
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