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Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963 Pardon of Melvin Edwards (c/s Robert Kennedy [AG])

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00068.24 Author/Creator: Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 07 November 1963 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 34 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Convicted of a violation of the US Code; pardoned since an additional 6 years of prison would "not serve the ends of justice."

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
1945 to the Present
Presidents
Pardon
Law
The Sixties

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