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H. Guy Hunt


Years Imprisoned:

Charge:

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

Sentence:

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

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

1998

Location of Trial:

Alabama

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

While Alabama's sitting governor Hunt was convicted in 1993 of using $200,000 in state funds for his own personal use. H. Guy 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.

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.

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Was Perpetrator Found?

Age When Imprisoned:

60

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Information Source 1:

Guy Hunt (1987-93), Encyclopedia of Alabama

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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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Ethnicity/Skin:

White

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