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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Diver convicted of freeing sharks off Florida coast says he was surprised by presidential pardon

A shark-diving charter boat captain convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman’s longline off the coast of Florida says he's felt like he was living in an alternate universe for the past five years. That changed last week when he received a presidential pardon.

“This is something I never thought I’d hold,” John Moore Jr. said Tuesday, as he showed off the document with U.S. President Donald Trump's signature scrawled across the bottom.

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