Mark Wahlberg is asking Massachusetts for a pardon for assaults he committed in 1988 when he was a troubled teenager in Boston.
Wahlberg’s application with the Massachusetts Parole Board says he isn’t the same person he was 26 years ago and his past convictions are still affecting his life. New England Cable News first reported on the application Thursday.
The document says Wahlberg hit a man with a wooden stick while trying to steal two cases of alcohol outside a Dorchester convenience store and punched another man while trying to escape. He was convicted and sentenced to three months in jail.
Wahlberg says a pardon would be an inspiration to troubled kids that they can turn their lives around.
The 43-year-old is now a successful actor and producer.
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