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In Florida, It's Now "Let's (Some Of Us) Get To Work"

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

To no one's surprise, Florida's Cabinet voted 4-0 to (go back to the stone age) reverse the advances made in restoration of civil rights for convicted felons.The policy allows non-violent offenders to regain their rights without a hearing after being crime-free for five years after being released from prison. For certain classes of violent offenders that require clemency hearings, the waiting period is seven years.Yeay. Great work. The sheriffs and prosecutors are happy, what else matters?Does it matter that this goes against the goal of getting people back to work?No.Whatever we can do to perpetrate the criminalization of life, we're good for that.What happened here is the most dispicable, pathetic, disgusting thing I've seen in state government in all my years as a lawyer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on March 09, 2011 (boomark / email).