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Rory Purnell was among 17 granted pardons by state's three-person board Monday
The owner of the Clientele Barbershop in north Minneapolis and a Regions Hospital intensive care unit nurse were among the 17 applicants pardoned by the Minnesota Board of Pardons on Monday.
"I'm so happy and excited I got that 'X' off my back," shop owner Rory Purnell Jr. said after the vote. "I can live. I can really live."
Purnell, 44, was convicted in Anoka County in 2001 of second-degree drug sales. He said he initially sold the drugs to pay for school, but as the money rolled in, he kept dealing for a year before he was caught.
https://www.startribune.com/north-minneapolis-clientele-barbershop-owner-wins-pardon/600237307/
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