Talk:Lenny Bruce
Latest comment: 21 May 2025 by RabbitsandCats25 in topic Type of discharge
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Conviction overturned vs Pardoned
The article says Bruce's New York conviction was overturned, but later it says Pataki pardoned Bruce. These aren't the same thing, legally. Was there a second conviction I don't know about, one being pardoned and the other overturned? 68.8.100.83 (talk) 04:23, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
- Apparently both are true. According to Free Speech Center, one conviction was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals and Governor George Pataki of New York pardoned him in 2003. I haven't attempted to parse whether these were two distinct charges or what. I'll leave that for somebody else to figure out. Fabrickator (talk) 01:01, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Type of discharge
The article said he had a dishonorable discharge. However, a dishonorable discharge can only be given by a court martial, and the letter cited said he was given an undesirable discharge, which sounds more like an other than honorable discharge, which does not require a court martial. I have therefore changed it to undesirable. RabbitsandCats25 (talk) 19:56, 21 May 2025 (UTC)