California's governor has pardoned Robert Downey Jr. for a 1996 drug conviction that sent the actor to prison.
Gov. Jerry Brown's office announced Thursday that Downey was among 91 people receiving pardons.
Downey
was convicted of felony drug possession after he was arrested on a Los
Angeles County highway and authorities found heroin, cocaine and a
pistol in his vehicle.
In 1999, he was sent to prison for nearly a year after he acknowledged violating his probation.
Brown's website says that while a pardon doesn't erase records of a
conviction, it restores voting rights and is a public proclamation that
the person has demonstrated "exemplary behavior."
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