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Trump Grants Presidential Pardon to Shark Divers Convicted of Theft

Associated PressJune 5, 20251 min6,188 views
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Presidential Pardon Granted

  • 📜 A presidential pardon has been granted to two South Florida shark divers.
  • ⚖️ The divers were convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman's longline.

Journey to Pardon

  • 💡 The divers felt they were living in an "alternate universe" due to their conviction and subsequent appeals.
  • ✍️ A scathing opinion from Judge LGOA made them feel "seen" and validated their sense of injustice.
  • 🚀 This led to a "snowball effect" that eventually resulted in the pardon.

Legal Process and Awareness

  • 🏛️ The divers had filed paperwork to take their case to the Supreme Court the same day they received the pardon.
  • 🎣 The speaker, a former commercial fisherman, stated they would not have touched a legal line if they had known it was a legal boundary.
  • 🦈 They believe information about the existence of legal shark lines on federal permits is not widely known by the public.
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