It was nearly 20-year ago when Robert Downey Jr. was sent to jail for nearly a year over felony drug conviction . Today Governor Jerry Brown?s office announced, that
Downey is among 91 people granted pardons for criminal convictions after demonstrating they had rehabilitated themselves and been out of custody for at least 10 years.
The pardon does not erase records of a conviction, but it restores voting rights and is a public proclamation that the person has remained out of trouble and demonstrated ?exemplary behavior?, according to materials on Brown?s website.
Downey, who was once a courthouse mainstay for a series of drug-related arrests, has become perhaps Hollywood?s greatest success story for career and addiction rehabilitation.
Downey?s legal troubles began in June 1996 when he was stopped for speeding on the Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles County and authorities found cocaine, heroin and a pistol in his vehicle.
In 1999, he was sent to prison for roughly a year after he acknowledged violating his probation.
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