Pubdate: Sat, 31 Dec 2016
Source: USA Today (US)
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GERALDINE FERRARO'S SON PARDONED FOR 1988 COCAINE CONVICTION

[photo] Geraldine Ferraro waves to the crowd at the 1984 Democratic
Convention in San Francisco.(Photo: Dixie Vereen, USA TODAY)

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- The son of former vice presidential nominee Geraldine
Ferraro has been pardoned by the governor of Vermont nearly 30 years after
he was convicted of selling cocaine to an undercover officer.

John Zaccaro Jr. was a Middlebury College student when he was arrested in
1986 and accused of selling $25 worth of cocaine to an undercover state
police officer. He was convicted in 1988 and served four months under
house arrest. At the time, Ferraro accused prosecutors of unfairly
targeting her son because of her high profile after becoming the
Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1984.

Outgoing Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, pardoned Zaccaro and nine others
Saturday.

Zaccaro didn't immediately respond to messages left for comment.

Ferraro died in 2011.
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