NEW YORK — (NEW YORK) -- Last month outgoing Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan issued a full pardon to John Huffington, who spent years in prison for a murder that he didn't commit.
Huffington and his attorneys worked for years to get his conviction overturned, especially after DNA evidence exonerated him. In 2013 he took an"Alford plea," which is a special type of plea by which the defendant asserts his innocence and does not admit to the charged act while acknowledging that a plea is in his best interest, according to his attorneys.
Huffington and his attorney Chong Park spoke with ABC News Live Thursday about the governor's pardon.John, you were released back in 2013 on a plea agreement, but that agreement still left a felony conviction on your record. At long last, your record is now clear. How has that changed your life from a practical standpoint and also emotionally?Well, from a practical standpoint, it sort of removes the neon sign above my head.
It's definitely changed, and I'm still sort of absorbing it right now, how to, how it affects me personally.Work-wise, I work for a construction company, Holdings Management Company, and I basically do business development for that. And we have our own community foundation, the Kinetic Capital Community Foundation. I guess my career pathway since I've come home has always been in the nonprofit arena. I work with returning citizens.
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