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Milken was convicted of securities fraud charges in the 1980's. WASHINGTON (AP) – Some high-profile convicts past and present are among more than 2,000 people asking President George W. Bush to pardon them or commute their prison sentences before he leaves office. Junk-bond king Michael Milken, media mogul Conrad Black and American-born Taliban soldier John Walker [...] (link)

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