Federally incarcerated Fresno restaurant manager Psalm “Sam” Behpoor’s case for being released from a Kern County immigrant detention facility received a big boost Friday.

Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for a residential burglary Behpoor committed when more than two decades ago when he was 18 years old.

“He has provided evidence that he is living an upright life and has demonstrated his fitness for restoration of civic rights and responsibilities,” Newsom said in the pardon.

“This act of clemency for Mr. Behpoor does not minimize or forgive his conduct or the harm it caused. It does recognize the work he has done since to transform himself.”

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