Under which President was Lucky Luciano's prison sentence commuted?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Answer
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, commuted Lucky Luciano's prison sentence on medical parole in 1946. Luciano, a notorious organized crime figure, was serving a 30 to 50-year sentence for compulsory prostitution but was released after serving nine years due to his declining health and cooperation with the government during World War II.
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