Request for Pardon
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Your Excellency
President of Hungary Sólyom László,
We write to you requesting that you grant Varga Dénes an official pardon. Varga Dénes was sentenced to one year in prison in 2008, which became a highly known and well-publicized sentencing because of Népszabadság’s December 31st issue from the same year. He has been charged with illegally wiring electricity to his home after all service was cut. The onslaught of negative attention has caused much distress for Varga Dénes during these last several months. He is the patriarch of his household, rearing six children and has not been able to find gainful employment for quite some time because of 
both the libel and slander of his name. What’s worse is that he’s been labeled, as a vagrant within the media, making it even more difficult to find a job that allows him to effectively support is family. Even with his current employment, his financial viability falls well below that of the national level for being able to pay is monthly electricity bills. Much like many other residents of Sajókaza, the electric company completely removed all meters and supplies for servicing electricity to homes, in 2006. Since that time, there have been many makeshift attempts to rewire power lines by residents of Sajókaza so that they might once again have basic lighting for their everyday tasks.
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