Trump says he may pardon deceased boxing great Muhammad Ali

Darcy Costello and Associated Press Courier Journal

Published 1:01 p.m. UTC Jun 8, 2018

This story is developing and will be updated. 

President Donald Trump said he may pardon Louisville's deceased boxing great and humanitarian icon Muhammad Ali, the Associated Press reported. 

It is unclear what charge he is considering a pardon for. Ali's conviction for draft evasion was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1971. 

In 1967, Ali refused to be inducted into the U.S. Army, citing religious reasons. He was immediately stripped of his heavyweight title and convicted of draft evasion. 

Read about Ali's fight over Vietnam here 

Read a timeline of Ali's life, including the overturned conviction, here

Rewind: Remembering Muhammad Ali two years after his death

Muhammad Ali lost everything in opposing the Vietnam War. But in 1968, he triumphed

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