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Jul 3, 2009 2:04 pm US/Eastern

O'Malley Issues 6 Pardons

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ― Gov. Martin O'Malley has granted pardons to former convicts for the second time in two weeks.

O'Malley issued six pardons on Thursday afternoon. Last month, O'Malley pardoned seven other ex-convicts.

Before that, the Democratic governor had only used his clemency powers to release two prisoners suffering from AIDS.

O'Malley has said he's unlikely to use his clemency powers liberally. It's a big change from his Republican predecessor, Robert Ehrlich, who pardoned or commuted the sentences of 249 people during his single term.

Only one of the six people to be pardoned Thursday had served jail time, and that was seven days for petty theft. The crimes included minor thefts, disorderly conduct and marijuana possession.

Those pardoned were: Christopher Bratton, Sonora Michelle Savage Hardy, Betty Davis Purdue, Linda Louise Sawyer Seward, John Michael Spiridon and Darrell Leon Williams.

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