FELONY

POLITICS
In Alabama, Performing Abortions Would Carry Harsher Penalties Than Many Sex Crimes
By Andy Campbell
Alabama's Human Life Protection Act would make it a felony to perform abortions, even in cases involving incest -- a crime with a lesser penalty.
POLITICS
Florida Poised To Require People With Felonies To Repay Debts Before They Can Vote
By Sam Levine
Critics say the measure is akin to a poll tax and violates the will of voters, who recently lifted the state's lifetime voting ban for people with felonies.
POLITICS
Florida House Approves Requiring People To Repay Criminal Fines, Fees Before They Can Vote
By Sam Levine
Critics say the legislation amounts to a poll tax and violates a constitutional amendment that voters overwhelmingly approved in November to allow people with felonies to vote.
POLITICS
Elizabeth Warren Won’t Say If She Supports Voting Rights For Incarcerated Felons
By Sam Levine and Sara Boboltz
Several candidates said voting rights should be restored to people released from prison. None said they support the right of felons to vote while incarcerated.
POLITICS
Kevin Spacey Asks To Skip Court Hearing On Sexual Assault Charges
Spacey, charged with felony indecent assault, doesn't want to go to his arraignment hearing.
POLITICS
New Bill Aims To Make Sure Incarcerated People Know And Can Use Their Voting Rights
By Sam Levine
"It’s real basic constitutional rights 101,” said Rep. Gwen Moore, the legislation's sponsor.
POLITICS
Why Is America OK With Banning Felons From The Voting Booth? 'Shut Out,' Episode 2
By Sam Levine
People like Mason with felony convictions can’t vote. Why is that?
POLITICS
New York City Voter Guide Wrongly Tells Paroled Felons They Can't Vote
By Sara Boboltz
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo restored parolees' right to vote back in April.
POLITICS
Bernie Sanders: FBI Must Determine If Kavanaugh Told The Truth Under Oath
By Mary Papenfuss
"Lying to Congress is a federal crime," senator notes.
POLITICS
Michael Cohen Seeks To Tear Up Stormy Daniels Deal, Get Hush Money Back
By Mary Papenfuss
Avenatti said cases against Cohen won't be dropped until there's "full disclosure and accountability."
CRIME
Police Arrest Suspect After Brick Thrown At Sen. Mark Warner's Office
By Doha Madani
Roanoke Police Department arrested James Trainor on a felony property damage charge on Monday.
POLITICS
DOJ Drops All Charges Against Remaining Trump Inauguration Defendants
By Ryan J. Reilly
The DOJ charged over 200 alleged #J20 protesters with felonies, but it could only secure one felony guilty plea.
POLITICS
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Is Restoring Voting Rights To Felons On Parole
By Sam Levine
“I’m unwilling to take no for an answer, I’m gonna make it law by executive order."
POLITICS
Florida Gov. Rick Scott To Fight Court Order To Have New System For Restoring Voting Rights
By Sam Levine
A federal judge ruled in January that Scott has until April 26 to announce a new state plan for restoring voting rights to former felons.
POLITICS
Most Americans Favor Restoring Felons' Voting Rights, But Disagree On How
By Sam Levine and Ariel Edwards-Levy
States have taken widely varying approaches.
POLITICS
New Jersey Democrats Offering Bill to Allow Prisoners To Vote
By Sam Levine
The state would be just the third where felons in jail could cast a ballot.
IMPACT
Felony Shuts Professor out of Workforce
By Jorge Newbery, Contributor
Jorge P. Newbery is Founder and CEO of Debt Cleanse Group Lega...
After two years of rejection, Bertovich finally secured employment at the fast food restaurant. "I was so happy that somebody
IMPACT
Why I Left My 'Ex'
By Glenn Martin, Contributor
Founder and President, JustLeadershipUSA
May 4th was a day I'd been anticipating for some time. That was the day Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason, who heads the Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Justice, publicly announced a new agency-wide policy directing her staff to stop using "disparaging labels" like "ex-convict" and "ex-felon" in all their communications.
CRIME
Undoing Veto, Maryland Legislators Ease Ex-Felon Voting Rights
By Christopher Zoukis, Contributor
Author and Prisoners' Rights Advocate
An estimated 44,000 ex-felons in Maryland will have an easier time regaining the right to vote after being released from prison, following the end of a heated fight between the state's governor and its legislature.
WEIRD NEWS
Woman Allegedly Tries To Pass Off Homemade Cardboard License Plate As Real
By Samantha Guff
Seriously, don't try this at home. Ever.
VIDEOS
'Monica's Law' Would Make Strangulation A Felony
HuffPost News delves into the story of the murder of Monica Weber Jeter.
CRIME
When a Lost Wallet Leads to Felony Arrest: Interview With Greenwich Police Sgt. Zuccerella
By Katherine Du, Contributor
Washington Post & USA Today contributor; Stanford student
Fake IDs are a Class D Felony, states Sec. 53a-139 of the Connecticut Penal Code. Yet out of the 8720 arrests Greenwich Police Department has made in the past decade, only 247 individuals were charged with second or third degree forgery. Four juveniles out of the 247 were arrested for possession of fake licenses.
BLACK VOICES
Overuse of Felonies an Overlooked Driver of Mass Incarceration, Racial Disparities
By Lenore Anderson, Contributor
Executive Director of Californians for Safety and Justice
By removing felonies from old records, we can lessen the severe collateral consequences communities of color have suffered from extreme incarceration. We can also begin the long process of rebuilding the justice system with fairness and equality in mind.
BUSINESS
Five Bottom Line Reasons Why Employers Should Hire Ex-Felons
By Mike Green, Contributor
Co-founder, ScaleUp Partners LLC
There is no city in the nation that's growing faster than the population of 70 million Americans with criminal records. As one of them, former real estate developer R.L. Pelshaw is determined to turn this costly societal burden into an opportunity.
IMPACT
The Reformed Prisoner That's Paying It Forward to Current Inmates
By NationSwell, Contributor
NationSwell is a digital media company focused on American inn...
We all struggle to find purpose and meaning in life. But few of us struggle for as long or as painfully as Raul Baez, the founder of WITO, Inc.
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