Lincoln black media
This website highlights political and social issues regarding the African American community in Lincoln Nebraska.
Category: Freedom
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Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. There is no guarantee a criminal record can be expunged. Each state has procedures on what type of charges can be expunged. However, all hope is not gone. Depending on the circumstances, you can apply for a pardon by your state governor or the president of the U.S. in…
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I. Restoration of Civil Rights/Firearms Rights A. Civil rights Nevada has one of the most complicated civil rights restoration schemes in the country. Persons convicted of “treason or felony in any state” lose the right to vote, hold office, and sit on a jury. Nev. Const. art. 2, § 1; id. art. 15, § 3;…
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I. Restoration of Civil Rights/Firearms Rights Summary: Nebraska law outlines the restoration of civil rights for felons, including voting rights, jury service, and holding public office. Voting rights are automatically restored two years after completing a sentence. Non-Nebraska felons must wait two years after completing their sentence before regaining voting rights. Out-of-state offenders can have…
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I. Restoration of Civil/Firearms Rights A. Vote, Office Under Mont. Code Ann. § 46-18-801(1), a conviction does not result in loss of civil rights except as provided in the Montana Constitution, or as specifically enumerated by the sentencing judge “as a necessary condition of the sentence directed toward the objectives of rehabilitation and the protection…
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I. Restoration of Civil/Firearms Rights A. Civil Rights Persons convicted of any felony offense may not vote while incarcerated or while on parole or probation, but the right to vote is automatically restored upon final discharge from sentence. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.133.2. Misdemeanants are also disenfranchised while serving a prison sentence. § 115.133.2(1). Persons…
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I. Restoration of Civil/Firearms Rights A. Voting Disenfranchisement occurs only upon conviction of one of the crimes listed in the Mississippi Constitution as disqualifying. See Miss. Const. art. 12, § 241 (murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretenses, perjury, forgery, embezzlement or bigamy). Most statutory offenses involving an unlawful taking…
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I. Restoration of Civil/Firearms Rights A. Civil rights Person convicted of “treason or felony” may not vote “unless restored to civil rights.” Minn. Const. art. VII, § 1. By statute, civil rights (including right to sit on jury) restored upon discharge from sentence. Minn. Stat. § 609.165, subd. 1 (“When a person has been deprived…
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I. Restoration of Civil/Firearms Rights A. Civil rights A person who has been convicted and sentenced “for a crime for which the penalty imposed is confinement in jail or prison” is disqualified from voting “while confined.” Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.758b. See also Mich. Const. art. 2, § 2. Disqualification while confined also applies to…
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I. Restoration of Civil/Firearms Rights A. Civil Rights “Persons who are incarcerated in a correctional facility due to a felony conviction” may not vote. Mass. Const. Amend. Art. 3 (as amended in 2000). A person sentenced to imprisonment for a federal or state felony forfeits any public office he currently holds. Mass. Gen. Laws ch.…
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I. Restoration of Civil/Firearms Rights A. Vote/Office The Maryland Constitution authorizes the General Assembly to disqualify persons from voting who are convicted of “infamous or other serious crime.” Md. Const. art. I, § 4. With one exception, disenfranchisement is limited to persons convicted of a felony who are “currently serving a court-ordered sentence of imprisonment…