Fast Forward
Robert Downey Jr. Pardoned for ’90s Drug Conviction
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday pardoned actor Robert Downey Jr for drug and weapon offenses from the 1990s, following a request for clemency, according to a copy of the pardon on the governor’s website.
The pardon signed by Brown said the 50-year-old Downey has obtained a court order “evidencing that since his release from custody he has lived an honest and upright life, exhibited good moral character and conducted himself as a law-abiding citizen.”
