Thursday, October 05, 2006

About Tommy McIntosh

Born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Tommy Fate McIntosh began selling marijuana at the age of 16. At 23, Tommy was arrested while trafficking 4.5 pounds of cocaine from California to Little Rock. Prosecuted as a major kingpin, Tommy was convicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison and fined $250,000.


After serving 4 years and 2 months, on January 21, 1993, one day after Arkansas Governor William Jefferson Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States, Tommy McIntosh walked out of Tucker Maximum Security Prison a free man. He was granted a controversial and unprecedented clemency!


His controversial release has set legal precedents, changed policies and created new laws. How did this happen? Why did it happen? Who knew? Who was involved? And most important, who ordered it?