Sentences with word «felon»

CTV News has learned that the government plans to introduce legislation on Thursday to end the «two - for - one» credit for convicted felons for time spent in pre-trial custody.

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.

I believe the question of felons in possession of weapons in relation to the second amendment has most certainly been carefully crafted by the supreme court in order to uphold the power of the federal government to restrict the r rights of free people.

Under former governor Charlie Christ, Florida had automatic rights restoration for felons who committed nonviolent crimes.

The blog focuses on criminal defense issues and the rights of convicted felons in the state of Wisconsin.

feel free to take the test and spend your first 8 years on the job working a maximum security prison 400 miles from home, walking around murderers, rapists, robbers, drug dealers and all other sorts of violent felons with nothing more than wood baton, getting spit at, having urine and feces thrown at you, HIV and Hepatitis C contaminated bodily fluids thrown at you for 43,000 a year.

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.

Appealing to his left flank, Gov. Cuomo announced Wednesday that he's signed an executive order to give convicted felons on parole the right to vote.

The August 20, 2013 Rossen Report warned how in - home service workers that unsuspecting customers let into their homes could be violent felons with criminal records since there are no federal laws and only «spotty» local laws requiring such service companies to perform background checks.

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Groups like Clergy for a New Drug Policy seek to reform the enforcement laws to get to the root of real problems like addiction and poverty, instead of just locking up millions of people, turning them into felons for life.

The documentary short reveals that he is a 21 - time felon who says he has «a messed - up history» but hopes to own a landscaping business.

He contrasted this with Governor Andrew Cuomo, who Seward claimed was «intent on raising taxes, skirting the legislative process to rule by executive order, and is allowing paroled felons to vote».

Much of the development of the EPA's regulatory regime surrounding particulate matter, the subject being tested, was led by disgraced former senior EPA official, climate alarmist and brazen criminal John Beale — who recently became a convicted felon after his monumental frauds against U.S. taxpayers were exposed.

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.

«Convicted felons like Michael Grimm lost their rights as a price for their crimes,» she said in a statement that also noted Grimm couldn't vote for president in 2016, but would have been able to under Cuomo's order.

But prior to the order, convicted felons did not have their voting rights restored until completing their parole.

The officials also said they were discouraged from pursuing leads on political corruption that the case generated, including one involving prosecutor John Scott Prudenti, who allegedly took a bribe in the form of payment to charter his boat in exchange for getting a violent felon out of prison.

If you can't find a high - risk insurance company at a reasonable rate, then consider looking for state insurance plans or assigned risk plans, which are state - level programs designed to assist drivers — including felons — who have been denied insurance coverage.

See world news photos and videos at Hot Felon Jeremy Meeks is all in for his new lifestyle — balling out in Gucci trunks on a beach in Israel with his billionaire heiress GF

Robert Egger, founder of D.C. Central Kitchen and still its guiding light, said it was noteworthy that the Jesuit Academy had embraced the idea of having mostly convicted felons working in their kitchen every day and fraternizing with the students.

Closing arguments in the case against Noel Rios, an early - release felon with a history of violent crimes, begin today at 10:30 a.m..

(CNN)- Tayna Fogle sat just behind Sen. Rand Paul, nodding her head and listening as he pressed the case with Kentucky state senators to restore felon voting rights.

Astorino was rattled after convicted felon Jona Rechnitz, a donor to Astorino and Mayor de Blasio, testified in a corruption trial that he helped purchased a pricy Rolex watch for Astorino.

After spending weeks defending his decision to march in a parade that planned to honor convicted FALN felon Oscar Lopez Rivera, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday claimed he had...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running for reelection and faces a Democratic primary challenge from actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon, promised to grant 35,000 felons currently on parole in New York State the right to vote.

The accidental felons make the kind of stand most gals can only dream out, shooting and fast - talking their way out of jams like a distaff version of Butch and Sundance.

Ms. Cancel argued that the Democratic County Committee that selected her as the party's candidate — and which included Mr. Silver's former chief of staff Judy Rapfogel, wife of his childhood friend and fellow felon William Rapfogel — is representative of the Lower Manhattan district.

About Blog This blog is a direct reflection of myself: «one part nerd, one part conscientious fashion felon».

What's more, in North Carolina businesses aren't allowed to hire felons convicted in the last three years for jobs that involve serving alcohol, as this job allegedly did.

Occasionally the company hires people who aren't ready to settle into steady work; other times it has hired too many former felons at once.

Kellen may have also been more violent and a career felon because his motivation for self - preservation (for Wavy's sake) would have been missing.

«That's an absurd, categorically false accusation from a convicted felon trying to save his own skin — and from a defense attorney trying to save his client from prison,» Phillips said.

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 if there are 76 sponsors for a bill — regardless of party affiliation.

«The federal sweeps removed some of the most dangerous felons from our community,» said Soares, who added that violent crimes in the city have dropped sharply as a result.

Gates of Vienna has moved to a new address: JEREMY MEEKS IS THE MALE VERSION OF CINDERELLA Hot felon Jeremy Meeks, 33, continues his new and magical life with billionaire heiress Chloe Green, 26.

An elite team of detectives assigned to capture the city's most violent felons gets unwanted help from a stranger that is apprehending them first, taking them from civil arrests to murder.

He shot his first felon when he was fifteen years old.

«It makes no sense whatsoever to put felons - violent, repeat offenders - back into the very neighborhoods where they got in trouble in the first place, without any evidence that they will be properly supervised.

Refused to give dying patients appropriate pain medication, consorted with known felons and dictators to get huge donations, never built a state of the art hospital despite raking in millions in unaccounted for funds, which went into the Vatican's general expense account despite being designated specifically for charitable purposes?

Former gubernatorial aide and recently convicted felon Joe Percoco will be back in the Capital Region later this week, according to a request filed in federal court in Manhattan.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Mr. Ramos isn't the only convicted felon running in the Dem Primary in the district in question.

Allies of convicted felon Hiram Monserrate say they will file a lawsuit against the city's Board of Elections for moving polling sites from his stronghold in LeFrak City in Queens.