legislation: 111-sconres-16

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111-sconres-16 111 sconres 16 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States should exercise his constitutional authority to pardon posthumously John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the racially motivated conviction in 1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural, and historic significance of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his reputation. Crime and Law Enforcement 2009-04-01 2009-04-01 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4196-4197) Senate Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] AZ R M000303 1 Calls for the President to grant a pardon, posthumously, to Jack Johnson (the first African-American professional boxer to hold the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World) to expunge from the annals of American criminal justice a racially motivated abuse of the federal government's prosecutorial authority and to recognize his athletic and cultural contributions to society. 2023-01-11T13:19:20Z  

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