Jelly Roll receives pardon from Tennessee governor for drug, robbery convictions – National
Tennessee’s governor pardoned country singer Jelly Roll for his criminal past in the state on Thursday.
Gov. Bill Lee pardoned the Need a Favor singer for two robbery and drug felonies issued before 2010 in Davidson County.Jelly Roll said a pardon would make it easier for him to travel internationally for concert tours and to perform Christian missionary work without filling out paperwork. He previously said that every time he travelled, it took “a team of lawyers and a mountain of paperwork to secure my entry” into countries like Canada and the United Kingdom.He was one of 33 people to receive pardons Thursday from Lee, who has issued clemency decisions around the Christmas season for years.Lee said Jelly Roll’s application underwent the same months-long thorough review as other applicant...









