Sentences with phrase «allow felons»

The new directive includes New York in a list of 14 states and the District of Columbia that allow felons to vote in elections after serving their sentence, and bypasses the state Legislature on a measure long - sought by activists.

Berman is pleased that the media is «giving lots of attention» to the report, linking to this article from the New York Times, States Are Growing More Lenient in Allowing Felons to Vote (10/12/06), which focuses on the racial component of felony disenfranchisement laws, while this article, Mixed Picture on Felons» Voting Rights (Washington Post 10/11/06), discusses a Rhode Island ballot referendum that proposes to amend the state constitution to allow felons to vote upon release from prison.

Not exact matches

Nevertheless, Turner's decision to allow a convicted felon to defend his right to be chairman is quite perplexing.

He then explains that then Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was trying to prevent Jenna's Law, which eliminated parole for first time violent felons, from passing but Faso, who was Assembly Minority Leader at the time, didn't allow that to happen.

First, it has to be shocking for former Congressman Turner, a well - respected and articulate Republican spokesperson to allow a convicted felon to sit in defense of his claim to being the new chair of the Queens GOP.

We feel it's outright disingenuous for a blog of this caliber to promulgate such bullshit about how great Tony Avella and Paul Graziano are without so much as mentioning how many times Tony has been caught up in the universe of corruption: from allowing convicted Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin's to throw him lavish fundraisers, «Avella has served Assemblymember McLaughlin faithfully since he took office in 1992, according to City Limits,» to the favor trading with convicted felon Richard Lipsky, right down to supporting anti-Asian racist Sonny Carson not to mention his personal vendetta against young activists.

It secures the border, prioritizes the deportation of felons, allows families to stay together, and incentivizes businesses to hire workers legally.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses President Trump allowing the release of California Representative Devin Nunes» memo, a Florida Judge's decision to restore felon's voting rights after time served and the WAMC Locked Box.

NY Gov. Cuomo grants 3,500 paroled felons the right to vote; Washington, D.C., may allow 16 - year - olds to vote in the 2020 presidential election.

Sources say Monserrate is also facing financial problems, and critics say it is questionable whether the law would allow him to assume office as a convicted felon.

The 1940 law allowed for convicted felons to regain their «honour» and register to vote.

Rice said she supports banning the sale of military - style assault weapons and high - capacity ammunition and closing «loopholes that allow violent felons, domestic abusers, and people with dangerous mental illnesses to avoid background checks and buy guns.»

The move would be accomplished by pardoning convicted felons on parole, allowing Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sidestep the State Legislature.

Republicans blamed state Democrats for allowing a convicted felon to capture the mayor's office in Bridgeport.

Under current rules, lawmakers who are convicted felons are still allowed to collect their pensions.

By conducting criminal background screenings before allowing members to communicate with one another, TRUE significantly reduces the number of felons on its site.

In terms of them being convicted felons, there are sites and services that would allow dating services to do a background check.

Should felons be allowed to go unpunished if they testify against other criminals?

Sarah Darer Littman, pro-public school advocate, award winning columnist and parent has written one of the most powerful commentary pieces about the state of the state when it comes to the Charter School Industry and how the Malloy administration has allowed tens of millions in taxpayer funds to be diverted to people and companies that are literally felons, liars and cheats.

This past Thursday, Ms. Knaan helped introduce new state legislation, AB 243, into the California Assembly — this bill would allow a judge to bar a felon convicted of animal cruelty from owning animals for a certain period after their release.

In those meetings, breeders argued that those with felony animal cruelty convictions should be allowed to hold a breeder's license, or that convicted felons should be able to allow their child to hold the license for them.

BUT many countries don't allow convicted felons to enter their countries anyway so this could be a moot point, but not all countries have that regulation.

Americans are split on whether convicted felons should be allowed to vote, according to a new survey by FindLaw.

Thirty - three percent of Americans feel felons should be allowed to vote, according to the survey.

Forty - two percent say felons should not be allowed to vote.

Other states allow divorce for grounds of incarceration only after the felon has actually served a number of years in prison.

Today, many states allow divorce from a convicted felon who is sentenced to jail, without requiring a waiting period.

Like I said, I certainly don't want to discriminate against anyone, but at the same time I have some investments in upper - middle - class neighborhoods and the neighbors would be quite angry with me if I allowed a violent felon or some other horrible crime to move next door to them.