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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Governor Gavin Newsom has granted clemency to the manager of a fashionable northbound Fresno edifice who has been successful ICE custody for months.
Psalm Behpoor was 18 astatine the clip helium committed first-degree burglary successful the aboriginal 2000s.
He's been the longtime manager of Pismo's Coastal Grill connected Blackstone Avenue. But since June, helium has been staying astatine the Mesa Verde ICE processing installation successful Bakersfield.
"I’m praying to God that erstwhile they look astatine this, the medication understands that, ‘Hey, this feline has rehabilitated himself, he’s not who helium utilized to be, he’s 100% warring for the American Dream," helium said implicit the telephone successful August.
At the time, helium had hoped a proceeding successful September would let for his release.
Behpoor served 3 years and 4 months successful situation aft helium was convicted of first-degree residential burglary successful 2004. He said that transgression had unexpected consequences.
He was calved successful Iran and fled the state with his household erstwhile helium was 3 years old. He got a greenish paper astatine 13 but mislaid it aft his conviction. He started moving to get it backmost successful 2024, but was yet detained during an migration interrogation this summer.
But present his lawsuit has caught the attraction of the Governor. Newsom released a missive Friday granting a afloat and unconditional pardon. The missive says it "does not minimize oregon forgive his conduct", and goes connected to adhd that it "does admit the enactment helium has done since to alteration himself."
And Fresno Attorney George Rios, who has immoderate cognition of the case, said that whitethorn beryllium capable to assistance Behpoor adjacent though it doesn't assistance his release.
"That's a large woody because, similar I said, if that was the underlying ground for him being placed successful removal proceedings to statesman with, present an migration lawyer tin spell successful and, with that ineligible argument, marque that statement that helium is nary longer removable arsenic helium was primitively charged," Rios said.
Rios besides believed each the media attraction apt helped Newsom go alert of Behpoor's lawsuit truthful quickly. He said that often radical are waiting for clemency for years. He added, it was apt different mode for Newsom to look similar he's warring backmost against President Donald Trump's administration.
