H. Guy Hunt

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Charge:	"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"
Sentence:	"5 years probation, $211,000 fine and 1,000 hours of community service"
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Year Convicted:	1993
Year Cleared:	1998
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Alabama
County or Region of Crime:	Montgomery
City of Crime:	Montgomery
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"H. Guy Hunt was Alabama's sitting governor when he was wrongly convicted in 1993 of using $200,000 in state funds for his own personal use. Hunt was removed from office and sentenced to 5 years probation, $211,000 fine and 1,000 hours of community service. In 1998 his fine was paid in full and the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted him a full pardon on the basis of his actual innocence on March 31, 1998."
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Innocence Proved By:	"The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted him a full pardon on the basis of his actual innocence on March 31, 1998."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Guy Hunt (1987-93), Encyclopedia of Alabama"
Information Location 1:	http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1509
Information Source 2:	"Ex-Gov. Hunt of Alabama Cleared by Pardon Board, by Adam Nossiter, The New York Times, June 12, 1997"
Information Location 2:	http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE5D71F3CF931A25755C0A961958260
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H. Guy Hunt

Charge:

"Theft (including swindling/fraud, deception and grand larceny)"

Sentence:

"5 years probation, $211,000 fine and 1,000 hours of community service"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

1998

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Alabama

County or Region of Crime:

Montgomery

City of Crime:

Montgomery

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles granted him a full pardon on the basis of his actual innocence on March 31, 1998."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

"Guy Hunt (1987-93), Encyclopedia of Alabama"

Information Location 1:

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1509

Information Source 2:

"Ex-Gov. Hunt of Alabama Cleared by Pardon Board, by Adam Nossiter, The New York Times, June 12, 1997"

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http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE5D71F3CF931A25755C0A961958260

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