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Conviction overturned vs Pardoned

The article says Bruce's New York conviction was overturned, but later it says Pataki pardoned Bruce. These aren't the same thing, legally. Was there a second conviction I don't know about, one being pardoned and the other overturned? 68.8.100.83 (talk) 04:23, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

:Apparently both are true. According to [https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/lenny-bruce/ Free Speech Center], one conviction was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals and Governor George Pataki of New York pardoned him in 2003. I haven't attempted to parse whether these were two distinct charges or what. I'll leave that for somebody else to figure out. Fabrickator (talk) 01:01, 8 October 2024 (UTC)