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'Tiger King' Joe Exotic May Receive Pardon From Trump

He went to work every day prepared to die in a tiger cage. Dying doesn’t scare him. At all. Unless it's in prison.

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Joe Exotic (Santa Rose County Jail via Wikipedia/Public Domain)

We are waiting on the pen to hit the paper, we think we are very, very close.

— Eric Love, an attorney for Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka Joe Exotic, the star of Netflix’s “Tiger King,” commenting on the likelihood that his client will receive a pardon from President Donald Trump in the final days of his administration. “We’ve heard from the Tiger King,” said an anonymous source from the White House. Maldanado-Passage is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence after being convicted on two counts of murder-for-hire as well animal abuse charges. He believes he will die in prison prior to his release date in 2037 unless he is pardoned.

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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