Panel backs bill letting judges consider guardianship despite prior felony when suitable Representative Botana’s HB737 would restore judicial discretion to grant guardianship to parents or other individuals with past felonies if appropriate, with a 10-year lookback and exclusions for serious offenses; committee approved the measure unanimously after stakeholder consultation was noted.

A groundbreaking bill in Florida could empower judges to grant guardianship to parents with past felony convictions, opening doors for second chances after a decade of clean records!

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Alabama Senate votes to ease voting rights restoration for those convicted of felonies The Alabama Senate on Thursday passed a bill aimed at streamlining the process for restoring voting rights to some individuals with past felony convictions. SB 153, sponsored by Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, D-Birmingham, would require the state’s Board of Pardons and Paroles to develop new procedures to make the restoration process easier. The bill passed the […]

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Donald Trump is a convicted felon. We did it, America! We elected a crook! | Opinion We did it, America! We finally put a convicted felon in the White House. Donald Trump was sentenced Friday for falsifying business records.

With a convicted felon as Commander in Chief, it's time to remove felony questions from job apps and let those who've served their time rejoin the military. #CriminalJusticeReform #SecondChances #FelonyReform #MilitaryService