NEW LEGISLATION FOR PARDONS AND RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS GRANTED SHOULD INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR CONVICTION SEALED BY THE COURT
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Apr 27th, 2016Someone from Lexington, KY writes:
I would like to be added to the list.I'm a good woman that have my C.N..A.and would like to get a better education better job.thanks plus being able to vote. -
Apr 27th, 2016Someone from Somerset, NJ signed.
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Apr 26th, 2016Someone from Waynesboro, VA writes:
My criminal record of over tens years plus keeps me from getting jobs and some housing this only makes things harder for ex felons trying to become legitimate citizens again and is in my opinion the reason so many ex felons end up back in the system againREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 26th, 2016Someone from Orlando, FL writes:
I was 18 and stole an I pad in New Jersey union county and got convicted as a 3rd degree theft witch is a felony. So basically I have my civil rights gone. I am 22 now and have compleated probation with no violations. Then moved away to Florida and now am the assistant manager at all American restaurants. Very satisfied with what I have. But I feel I can do better with out my felony charge. I have been on the road to success and try very hard to be the best I can. If my 1 felony could get expunged or erased. You would be a life saverREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 26th, 2016Someone from Elizabeth, NJ signed.
Apr 25th, 2016Someone from Easley, SC signed.
Apr 25th, 2016Someone from Irvine, CA writes:
I have a one and only felony on my record for which I was arrested and convicted in 2001. I went to prison for 5 months during which I was a model prisoner and was then released on parole. I completed my 2 year parole by 2003 with NO violations or breaking of any rules. That was 14 years ago. I own my home and I have lived there for over 26 years. I have been a contributing, law abiding, tax paying citizen with no additional arrests or any type of compromising situations since my arrest in 2001. I want and need my gun rights restored as I am a single woman who lives alone. I have a full and excellent security system for my home but I still live in fear. I live in the "safest city in America" as Irvine, CA has been called by every major news magazine. But I had a near, very near life threatening situation happen when three men attempted a home invasion of my home at 2:55 am one Sunday night. So, I still live in fear to this day. Being able to legally have a gun in my home for protection would bring me peace of mind that I would be able to protect my own person.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 25th, 2016Someone from Hobson, TX signed.
Apr 25th, 2016Someone from Aurora, CO writes:
What needs to happen is that seven years from the date of conviction, felony based, non violent, non sex offenses, need to be automatically removed from a persons record. Not from the date of conpletion.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 25th, 2016Someone from Escondido, CA signed.
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Apr 24th, 2016Someone from Miami, FL writes:
I am a good person i have bi polar disorber i cant help my condition i do all as my dr says however u can as i did have relaspe causing excessive phone calls during an episode causi g me to be ib jail for over 16 mos and felony record to get out of jail please help never ever violent was a vert good cituzen thank you 66 yr female flight att. For 32 yrs.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 24th, 2016Someone from Norfolk, VA writes:
I support Governor Terry McAuliffe's recent executive order restoring voting rights back to all ex-felons who have completed the sentences or granted a pardon, and have also completed their probation or parole obligations. I was released from prison almost 12 years ago (on July 21, 2004), and have completed my sentence and legal obligations of probation and parole. So yes, I support his decision 100 percent, because I believe it was the RIGHT THING TO DO!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 24th, 2016Someone from Norfolk, VA writes:
Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) recently signed a Bill restoring voting rights to all ex-felons in Virginia who have completed their sentences or granted a pardon, and also have completed their probation and parole obligations. This executive order will also allow ex-felons to run for office, serve on a jury, and serve as a notary public as of April 22, 2016. The governor also plans to issue additional monthly executive orders to grant voting rights to future released felons. Signed: Karl Thomas BelfieldREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 23rd, 2016Someone from Taylors, SC signed.
Apr 23rd, 2016Someone from Suffolk, VA signed.
Apr 23rd, 2016Someone from Rocky Mount, VA writes:
My daughter was charged with a felony at the age of 18 and she's now 43 owes no fines and has not been in trouble since I would love to have her rights given back to her as I think she deserves it Thanks for your considerationREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 23rd, 2016Someone from Lorton, VA signed.
Apr 22nd, 2016Someone from Fredericksburg, VA signed.
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Apr 22nd, 2016Someone from Rockville, MD writes:
In many ways a conviction is worse than a death sentence. Most Americans would think this a bizarre statement. Is it? Of course it is human nature to fear death and the thought of being sentenced to death would fill anyone with fear. Once the death sentence is carried out, the reality is that your troubles are over. However, a conviction is forever. During a time I was ill and in pain. I had been a medical doctor and had all ready have my problems with the Virginia Medical Board, a Board that has absolutely no compassion for its own physicians. I received a conviction for prescription fraud. As a first offense I should have received a probation before judgement which would have left me with no felony record. However, never having been in trouble, I did not know any attorneys. Someone referred me to one who claimed to have a lot of criminal experience. He didn't. In fact he was a civil litigator and was shaking at MY sentencing. This was 2004 and I have not been able to get work since. Just recently I tried to get a job delivering food. Over the years the constant awareness that you have lost everything, someone that society totally rejects, takes its toll. I did not have the physical stamina due to age and illness to do construction work which is just about the only work that some convicts can get. At times I was so depressed I did not want to live. Is it fair that my life was totally destroyed because I wrote a fraudulent prescription for a handful of pills for myself? I am not alone. I have spoken to many others who have made similar mistakes, convicted of non-violent, often victimless crimes, whose lives essentially came to an end with their conviction. Socially, you become an outcast. You are not exactly a desirable catch for a woman which furthers your social isolation. You become the living dead, alive but not part of anything. The sentence never ends.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 21st, 2016Someone from Henrico, VA writes:
Yes to those who are striving to do better after having been convictedREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 21st, 2016Someone from Fayetteville, NC writes:
North Carolina is even worse. They're under investigation right now because they're using a completely different Federal database. Employers will not hire you for even a misdemeanor. People are not being hired and are being fired just because they are ugly and not doing sexual favors for their bosses. Some employees found out their business is doing fraud and they were fired just because they found out.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 21st, 2016Someone from Alexandria, VA signed.
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Apr 16th, 2016Someone from Norfolk, VA writes:
I agree a 100% on with this request because I am in the same boat and I am from VA and I applied for a job with the Navy shipyard but they all congratulated me on getting my rights reinstated but didn't hire me because of my back ground history of criminal charges so with that being said what's the benefit for me and others that are in the same situation nothing at all but these people who are in high positions want my vote when they running for office so that means its only for their gain and benefit and that's not just nor fair because I am still in the same messed up situation and when a cop pull me over just for a traffic violation or so call mistake of identity and run my name all the past life comes up and without doubt I am judged and taken by my past and that's completely wrong and not fair or just ! But I do understand clearly that it's just another form of way to keep me as a slave to the system that's all plain and simple it's the truthREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 16th, 2016Someone from Colonial Heights, VA signed.
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Apr 15th, 2016Someone from Newaygo, MI writes:
It seems to me the current laws violate part of the "double jeopardy" clause. Not concerning being prosecuted twice for the same crime on more than one occasion, but for imposing more than one punishment for a single offense. It could also be construed as cruel and unusual punishment. When a person is convicted of a crime and are subsequently sentenced, they then serve out the conditions set forth by the judge to pay their debt to society. Once that debt has been paid, it has been paid in full. Yet the punishment continues for the rest of your life by nature of the LIFETIME loss of civil rights, the inability to find gainful employment due to the conviction, which is always a condition of parole (catch 22), the habitual offender act, ect. ect. It means your debt is NEVER paid in full until you die, sort of like a life sentence. It seems they are bent on the total destruction of your life and are not at all concerned about one being a productive member of society. Moreover by taking away your civil rights which includes the right to keep and bear arms, the court has effectively said you no longer have the fundamental right that belongs to every human being. That is the right of self defense and protection of property from those who would try to take either away from you. In effect you no longer have the right to survive. The declaration of independence gives three examples of unalienable rights; LIFE, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness. I would argue life and liberty are no longer considered an unalienable right by the justice system and when you remove life and liberty, the pursuit of happiness becomes impossible and therefore moot. How many murder, rape, kidnapping, or victims of other violent crimes became victims due to their inability to defend themselves because of the loss of civil rights for a single mistake they made, often times made before being old enough to legally purchase alcohol? Well we'll never know because they don't study those kinds of incidents. What it really says is that your very life and existence no longer have any value as far as they are concerned. Isn't it ironic that the LGBT community has rights that allow transgender people to use any restroom they please and then force people to violate their right of conscience, muslim's have more rights than Christians and illegal aliens have more rights than national born citizens? It seems the only people that are still fair game for discrimination and having their rights stomped out for life are those who have found themselves in the criminal justice system for a non-violent offense that had nothing at all to do with the use of a firearm. I could go on and on but hey, liberty and justice for all right.....Unless you run afoul of the law when it actually matters the most. Then it becomes the JUST-US system. JUST-US with the right last names and JUST-US with the right amount of money. It's no longer about crime and punishment or law and order, it's about revenue. Stupid is aREPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelApr 15th, 2016Someone from Albany, NY signed.
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Apr 15th, 2016Someone from Bellingham, WA writes:
Let people get their life back together and improve, not be held back.REPORT COMMENTS
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Apr 14th, 2016Someone from Bellingham, WA writes:
Let people get their life back together and improve, not be held back.REPORT COMMENTS
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