Presidential Pardon!

We seem to have a request for a presidential pardon. The request and push is being lead by Sen. John McCain. He’s pushing for the presidential pardon for Jack Johnson. Jack Johnson was the nation’s first black heavyweight boxing champion in the very early years of the 1900’s. Johnson was convicted of violating the Mann Act in 1913 for having a consensual relationship with a white woman. The Mann Act is still a law today, but has changed a lot over the years. The push for the pardon is going to be a up hill battle for McCain. Not because Johnson was wrongfully convicted, but because Johnson is dead. U.S Presidents don’t usually pardon people that are dead, but have done so in the past. So it’s going to be a wait and see what President Obama will do. I personally think Obama will do it, but so far there’s no word out of the White House.