Muhammad Ali lawyer rejects 'unnecessary' Trump pardon
Posted on AllSides June 8th, 2018
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US President Donald Trump has said he may pardon boxing legend Muhammad Ali for a draft-dodging conviction, even though it has already been overturned.
Mr Trump told reporters before he left the White House for the G7 summit that he was "thinking about" the late boxer and some others "very seriously".
Ali was convicted in 1967 after refusing to fight in the Vietnam War.
But a lawyer for his family said it was "unnecessary" as Ali was pardoned by the Supreme Court in 1971.
"We appreciate President Trump's sentiment, but...