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Larry Langford's briber gets pardon as ex-mayor stares at life in prison
Pardon me, but this is gonna be a rant.
Bill Blount, a briber in the crimes of former {Birmingham} mayor and Jefferson County Commission President Larry Langford, was pardoned earlier this year by the Alabama Department of Pardons and Paroles this year.
Pardoned.
Which means he can vote.
And run for office.
And be a regular guy. As regular as a seersucker-wearing ex-con can be.
Read more: http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/08/larry_langfords_briber_gets_pa.html
Could it be that Blount is white while Langford is black? 