Robert Downey Jr One Of 90 People Pardoned Over Drug Charges

Robert Downey Jr., received a full and unconditional pardon on Thursday from California Gov. Jerry Brown over his 1990s drug convictions.

The millionaire “Iron Man” actor was one of only 91 people who received a pardon from Brown — mostly for minor drug offenses.

In what has become an annual Christmas Eve tradition in the governor’s office. The individuals completed their sentences and have been released from custody for more than a decade without further criminal activity, according to the governor’s office. People convicted of a crime in California may apply to the governor for a pardon. Applicants must receive a court order declaring he or she is rehabilitated and show they have lived “productive and law-abiding lives following their conviction,” according to the governor’s office. “Pardons are not granted unless they are earned,” the governor said in a statement. h/t cnn

Downey was convicted in 1996 of possession of a controlled substance, carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle with a prior conviction, driving under the influence and use of a controlled substance.