Sentences with phrase «by convicted felon»

That was the case at a recent Milwaukee CLE program where 50 lawyers were treated to a program on criminal sentencing that, unbeknownst to them, was taught by a convicted felon, according to Daniel Bice's column in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Not exact matches

Convicted felon and Lucky Sperm Club member George Steinbrenner III, the despotic Yankees owner, fills half of one volume by himself.

Residents of LeFrak City in Queens are suing the NYC Board of Elections, saying their right to vote is being denied by the board moving a polling site away from the hotbed of support for convicted felon and NYC Council candidate Hiram Monserrate.

For example, go through one - by - one the list of all purged voters and investigate whether each was or was not indeed a convicted felon (or had other legitimate reasons for being on the list).

Freddie Dean Smith, a convicted felon with a lengthy criminal record and former Assistant Superintendent in New Rochelle, was granted an administrative license by NYSED while he was then on probation after a felony conviction for endangering a police officer in Virginia and while awaiting sentencing on two separate sex crimes in South Carolina (he followed women around in stores with his penis hanging out of his pants while he masturbated).

One of the dead victims was on probation and forbidden from being inside any establishment which serves alcohol; two of the eight who were shot had served state prison time on weapons or assault charges; five are convicted felons and six had been arrested by Buffalo police since 2008.

«Recycling Ed Cox and Rob Astorino's pathetic lies that hinge on the hearsay testimony of a convicted felon is a feeble attempt by Dean Skelos» heir apparent to distract from the fact that he, unlike Senator Kaminsky, doesn't support comprehensive ethics reform,» Azzopardi said.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Sweeping clemency action by Governor Andrew Cuomo on December 30 — in which he commuted the sentences of seven felons, pardoned five others, and conditionally pardoned 101 nonviolent youthful offenders — came as welcome news to a longtime gay leader who in recent years has made rehabilitated convicts a key mission -LSB-..BY PAUL SCHINDLER Sweeping clemency action by Governor Andrew Cuomo on December 30 — in which he commuted the sentences of seven felons, pardoned five others, and conditionally pardoned 101 nonviolent youthful offenders — came as welcome news to a longtime gay leader who in recent years has made rehabilitated convicts a key mission -LSB-..by Governor Andrew Cuomo on December 30 — in which he commuted the sentences of seven felons, pardoned five others, and conditionally pardoned 101 nonviolent youthful offenders — came as welcome news to a longtime gay leader who in recent years has made rehabilitated convicts a key mission -LSB-...]

Other potential reforms explored by the report and enacted in some states, though not New York, include online voting, pre-registration of 16 - and 17 - year - olds, «vote - by - mail,» and re-enfranchising convicted felons.

ALBANY — A member of the commission responsible for investigating wrongdoing by lawmakers is running a fund - raiser for former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, the newly convicted felon who named him to the state panel.

As a convicted felon, Ganim is not eligible to obtain public financing and would need to file an appeal in state Superior Court if he is rejected by the elections commission.

«The poll was conducted by the DCCC [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] who would much rather have their candidate run against a convicted felon and a perjurer,» Donovan said.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Seeking to be harsher on convicted felons, putting them in jail instead of drug treatment programs, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis has reintroduced a bill named after a police officer who was killed by a career criminal.

Some people accuse Jeb Bush of rigging Florida 2000 by purging voter rolls of innocent voters on the pretext of them being convicted felons from out - of - state, when in fact they were not.

Gillibrand's bill would make it illegal to knowingly sell more than two weapons to anyone who is prohibited by law from owning a gun, like a convicted felon or convicted domestic abuser.

ALBANY — One of the state Legislature's proposed responses this year to the cloud of corruption caused by the convictions of its former leaders is actually something lawmakers gleefully agreed to do last year, but then didn't: strip state pensions from convicted felons.

LOSER (pending final outcome): Anchorage mayor Mark Begich, once leading (very) senior Senator and seven times convicted felon Ted Stevens by 15 %, now losing 47 % to 48 % with 99 % of precincts reporting.

A state where a librarian in NYC is paid $ 600,000.00 a year in salary, a convicted felon former state senate leader and comptroller are collecting large pensions but we can only balance the budget by laying off our teachers.

Glenwood Management — headed by 102 - year - old Leonard Litwin — was a key player in the pay - to - play corruption cases of both convicted felons Silver and Skelos.

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

The multi-family investment trio is said to have duped victims into putting money into Cobalt beginning in 2003, by misrepresenting Cobalt's track record and by concealing the fact that Stitsky and Shapiro were already convicted felons at the time.

Without a background check, felons, those convicted of domestic violence crimes, and others who are prohibited from purchasing a firearm can avoid screening measures by purchasing firearms from sources other than licensed retailers.

Hard as nails 22 year old convicted felon VICTORIA WALKER is given a tough choice by a judge: stay clean and get a job or go to jail.

Nine male convicted felons, serving long sentences for violent crimes, meet regularly with a sensitive, witty female professor inside a maximum security prison to read and discuss works by literary giants like Conrad, Kafka, Nabokov, Poe and Shakespeare.

Developed by Telltale Games, the player takes control of recently convicted felon Lee Everett as he fights to survive the zombie apocalypse whilst protecting a little girl named Clementine.

Admittedly, her situation is complicated by the fact that one of her employees, who was in possession of one of her guns at the time of the seizure, was a convicted felon.

$ 13 million recovered against a commuter rail service for victims who were injured and lost loved ones in a railroad disaster caused by a deranged felon who left a Jeep on the tracks and was later convicted of eleven counts of first degree murder and one count of arson.

By choosing to resign effective a year from now, Judge Kent is attempting to secure a year's salary, paid for by the American taxpayers, while he sits in a prison cell as a convicted feloBy choosing to resign effective a year from now, Judge Kent is attempting to secure a year's salary, paid for by the American taxpayers, while he sits in a prison cell as a convicted feloby the American taxpayers, while he sits in a prison cell as a convicted felon.

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

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The State of Texas has filed suit against the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over Guidance for use of criminal records of job applicants by employers for criminal background checks that may exclude convicted felons from employment.

While federal government programs seek to strengthen families by providing educational classes and mental and physical health treatment for convicted felons, many states have adopted statutes that permit a prompt termination of parental rights for incarcerated felons.