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115,000 Florida Ex-Felons Have Rights Restored: When ex-convicts in Florida wanted their civil rights restored, they used to have to petition the Board of Executive Clemency and undergo an individual hearing to determine whether or not the request should be granted. According to Bill Kaczor's story for the Associated Press, more than 115,000 ex-felons in Florida alone have had their rights restored since a new rule passed 14 months ago to make the process almost automatic in many cases. Good Old-Fashioned Police Work Nabs "Untouchable" Drug Lord: David B. Caruso for the Associated Press reports that an almost six-year investigation has culminated in a guilty plea from Diego Murillo, the supposedly "untouchable" Colombian drug lord who was active for more than two decades...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on June 18, 2008 (boomark / email).