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Civil Disabilities of Convicted Felon: A State-by-State Survey
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1997
by Jon Marc Taylor
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1997, page 11
By Jon Marc Taylor
Filed under:
Reviews,
Prison Labor,
Voting,
Prisoner Privileges,
Rehabilitation/Recidivism.
Location:
United States of America.
Under federal and various state laws, conviction of a felony has consequences that may continue long after the sentence has been served. Convicted felons may lose essential rights of citizenship, such as the rights to vote and to hold public office, and may be restricted in ...
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