LOS ANGELES — The Tennessee Board of Parole has beneficial nation singer Jelly Roll for a pardon for his pre-fame felony convictions.
Nashville Sheriff Daron Corridor introduced Tuesday: “A year ago, I wrote [Gov. Bill Lee] asking for a full Pardon for Jason “Jelly Roll” Deford…..right this moment the Board unanimously beneficial his Pardon. It’s now within the arms of our Governor.”
The Board of Parole is “responsible for reviewing all clemency requests (pardons, commutations, and exonerations) and submits non-binding recommendations to the Governor for his consideration,” it stated in an announcement of the listening to.
In keeping with the Related Press, the singer (born Jason DeFord) instructed the board, “I want to be an inspiration for people who are now where I used to be — to let them know that change is truly possible. One of the reasons I’m asking for your recommendation … is because I’m looking to take my message of redemption … [across] the rest of the world.”
The singer has been open about his arrests for drug crimes and different offenses, together with a conviction for aggravated theft at 16 the place he was charged as an grownup. He earned a GED in jail and later grew to become a rustic famous person, regardless of the problems his convictions introduced for getting a passport and touring internationally.
Jelly Roll beforehand testified in entrance of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and City Affairs to advocate for the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act.
“I was a part of the problem. I am here now, standing as a man that wants to be a part of the solution,” he instructed the Senate.
“Why do we not have more programs focused on rehabilitation instead of discipline?” the singer instructed The Occasions in 2023. “It simply reveals how dangerous we’ve finished on educating People on the illness of dependancy and on what Huge Pharma is doing to us in permitting these labs to create fentanyl.
“We’ve gotten so far away from compassion,” he provides. “That’s scary.”
Jelly Roll is about to headline the Stagecoach nation music pageant in Indio this weekend.
