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New Jersey Governor Quickly Releases Imprisoned 'Hero to Gun Owners'
21 December 2010
Star-Ledger (New Jersey)
TRENTON - Brian Aitken, who was convicted of illegally possessing three handguns he had legally purchased in Colorado, will be out of prison in time for Christmas.
Gov. Chris Christie commuted Aitken's sentence Monday, from seven years to time served, according to an order signed by the governor. It was Christie's first commutation since taking office almost a year ago.
"We are overjoyed at the news," his younger brother Robert Aitken said in an e-mail. "It's been an... (GunPolicy.org)