Overview
- Lee approved clemency on Dec. 18 for two Davidson County felonies—robbery and a later drug conviction—dating to before 2010.
- The action followed an April hearing where the Tennessee Board of Parole issued a unanimous, nonbinding recommendation.
- Jelly Roll was among 33 people pardoned in the governor’s customary pre-holiday decisions; Lee’s office said no homicide or sex-crime cases were included.
- The pardon is expected to reduce barriers for international touring and Christian missionary work and to help restore civil rights such as voting.
- Civic and industry supporters, including Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall and Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, backed his application as he built a public record of rehabilitation and advocacy.