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Andres Idarraga has been accepted to Yale Law School – ten years after the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institution accepted him into its system for a cocaine conviction. Idarraga, who graduated this year from Brown University, has since become a prominent advocate for restoring the right to vote to thousands of persons disenfranchised in Rhode Island because of a felony conviction. As a result of his and others’ efforts, Rhode Island law was reformed in 2006 and now allows individuals with felony convictions to vote immediately after being released from prison. Now, Idarraga will further hone his legal talents at Yale.  “I … realized that the odds against an ex-offender can be very high, particularly if he or she is reaching for the stars,” said Yale graduate and Corrections Director A...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Sentencing Project on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).