Sentences with phrase «convicted felon who»

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

That billionaire is a multiple convicted felon who worked willingly for the Nazis in WWII.

PR NEWSWIRE — Oct 2 — TRUE's lawsuit against a convicted felon who misrepresented himself on TRUE has been settled.

My memory's a convicted felon who keeps on pleading for innocence and thus won't serve my mind its time and purpose well.

«My opponent is a convicted felon who has zero credibility on this or any other issue in the campaign,» he said.

Rechnitz, a convicted felon who testified at the trial of former corrections union boss Norman Seabrook, admitted some of the $ 41,650 he raised as part of the bundle for de Blasio actually came out of his own pocket and was funneled through straw donors to get around CFB rules.

Former Rep. Michael Grimm, a convicted felon who is challenging Rep. Dan Donovan — the city's sole Republican congressman — called it a «dangerous, radical move» and «criminal enablement.»

«This is a convicted felon who was lying on the witness stand,» Astorino said of Rechnitz's testimony.

«While Clarence Norman has no role in Ken's campaign, District Attorney Hynes» campaign manager is a convicted felon who served years in prison for assault and robbery.

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.

Noerdlinger — a top mayoral aide who served as chief of staff to First Lady Chirlane McCray — took a leave of absence after a string of embarrassing revelations, including that she lives with a convicted felon who has posted anti-cop sentiments online.

According to multiple sources, none other than John Haggerty, a convicted felon who stole a million dollars from Michael Bloomberg and is out on appeal pending his request for a retrial.

Chuck Colson is a convicted felon who went to prison for crimes as part of Nixon's gang of thieves in the White House.

Other convicted felons who receive fat pensions include former state Controller Alan Hevesi, who pleaded guilty in 2006 using state workers as his wife's chauffeur, and ex-Brooklyn Assemblyman and Democratic leader Clarence Norman, who was convicted in 2007 of selling judgeships.

The mechanism through which Mr. Cuomo plans to do so is unusual: He would consider pardons for all 35,000 people currently on parole in New York, as well as any new convicted felons who enter the parole system each month.

These options are less harsh and can help to rehabilitate convicted felons who may not necessarily benefit from traditional punishment.

Not exact matches

Convicted felon Martin Shkreli, not exactly known for his discretion or restraint, could find himself in jail (even sooner than currently scheduled) thanks to bizarre comments he made on social media offering $ 5,000 to anyone who brings him snippets of Hillary Clinton's hair during her upcoming book tour.

Garcia Zarate, a 45 - year - old Mexican citizen who was released from County Jail before the killing despite a federal request that he be held for his sixth deportation, was convicted of a single lesser charge of being a felon in possession of a gun.

A retired ICE agent who believes in a hardline stance on immigration policy found himself helping a convicted felon avoid being deported.

In 1968, after a decade that saw the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Junior and Bobby Kennedy, Congress passed the Gun Control Act, which, in part, grew the list of those people who could not purchase guns, to most convicted felons and mentally ill people.

Florida had to give early release to 1,252 poor felons who were convicted without counsel.

also google joeseph smith lol, the founder of mormons who was a convicted felon

The man who shot Don was a convicted felon, recently released from prison.

I decided to Google the name of the convicted felon (and registered sex - offender) who served his time and is now back on the youth sports scene in Honolulu.

Allies of convicted felon and former state senator Hiram Monserrate, who is now running for the NYC Council, say they will file a lawsuit against NYC Board of Elections for moving polling sites from his stronghold in LeFrak City in Queens.

Former Congressman — and convicted felon — Michael Grimm sounded ready to run for his old seat last night as he blasted the Staten Island representative who replaced him, Republican Dan Donovan, calling him a «liberal Democrat.»

And did they ever, releasing a statement slamming Donovan's hit as «the empty rhetoric of a Republican political machine hack who cavorted with convicted felon Bernie Kerik and took money from groups tied up in the mob.»

«Behind door number 1, he's got Steve Levy who was the point man for pay - to - play politics in Suffolk County and personally handed out county contracts to his convicted felon friends.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has had to calculate and sign off on the pensions for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate leader Dean Skelos, who are both convicted felons, as well as several other lawmakers convicted of felonies.

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.

Tedisco said the Majority's plan does not contain provisions for pension forfeiture for convicted felon elected officials who betray their oath of office, term limits for leaders, truth in spending to bring sunlight to state spending in the shadows to end quid pro-quos, or giving rank and file members the ability to bring legislation to the Floor for a vote and diminish the unbridled power that's been given to legislative leaders.

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-...]

These include: pension forfeiture for convicted felon elected officials who betray their oath of office, term limits for leaders, truth in spending to bring sunlight to state spending in the shadows to end quid pro-quos, equal staffing and resources for members, and giving rank and file members the ability to bring legislation to the Floor for an up or down vote.

DEMOCRAT Assemblymember Diane Gordon, convicted felon, who apparently thought the Assembly was «Let's Make a Deal».

«It had to do with the legality as it related to how you would treat convicted felons and others who had already done their time, and whether or not what we we're trying to do was discriminatory against those individuals,» Oswego Common Council President Ron Kaplewicz said.

Days after Mayor Bill de Blasio said he has «full faith» in a City Hall staffer who is dating a convicted felon, the mayor claimed today that his decision to retain Rachel Noerdlinger did not contradict his past move to reportedly stop a press secretary from joining his administration after newspapers reported she was dating former Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

«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.

The Senate (Republican) wrote only its districts and split Riverdale into three in order to protect its incumbents, including now - convicted felon Guy Velella who represented the northern part of the community.

«Let's be clear, Ali has no plans on taking money advice from someone who consistently fails to pay his own taxes but if he wants to look at connections, let's look at the fact that Murphy was elected only two years ago after taking over a million dollars from convicted felon Dean Skelos to help him join Albany's culture of corruption.

With just over a week to go before the session ends, only one measure — to take back the pensions of lawmakers who are convicted felons — seems to be in play.

Others on the list included former longtime Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, state Sen. Diane Savino (D - Brooklyn / Staten Island), former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión, Yonkers political operative and convicted felon Anthony Mangone, and the late former state Sen. Guy Velella (D - Bronx), who resigned in disgrace after pleading guilty to bribery charges.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D.) will be granting all convicted felons in the state who are on parole a pardon, a move that will restore voting rights to more than 35,000 people.

He is a convicted felon, plain and simple, and one who has not apologized or repented for his cowardly attacks,» said Jake Lemonda, president of the fire officers union.

«Organizations like the New York State Correction Association, who advocate solely on inmates» behalf, continue to conduct biased research based on interviews with convicted felons whose credibility certainly can be questioned,» Miller said.

As a felon who was convicted of crimes related to his public office, Ganim can not qualify for public financing under state law if he runs for governor in 2018.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has had to calculate and sign off on the pensions for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Leader Dean Skelos, who are both convicted felons, as well as several other lawmakers convicted of felonies.

«Nor has Barack Obama come clean on his close friendship with Tony Rezko, a felon convicted on bribery charges who subsidized the purchase of Barack Obama's home.»

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.

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