{"id":8958,"date":"2021-03-10T15:57:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=8958"},"modified":"2021-03-10T15:57:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T20:57:32","slug":"clemency-board-remove-5-year-waiting-period-to-restore-civil-rights-to-felons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/03\/10\/clemency-board-remove-5-year-waiting-period-to-restore-civil-rights-to-felons\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemency Board remove 5-year waiting period to restore civil rights to felons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clemency Board removed the minimum five-year waiting period for felons to apply to have civil rights restored, including the right to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Clemency-Board-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Clemency-Board-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Clemency-Board-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Clemency-Board-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Clemency-Board.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People who have their civil rights restored are three times less likely to re-offend, according to a review by the Florida Parole Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition submitted proposed clemency reforms to DeSantis in February 2020. The plan eliminated the five- and seven-year waiting periods and would create a streamlined process for felons eligible under Amendment 4 to have their voting rights restored without an application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics of Florida\u2019s clemency system have pointed to a process that can take years to navigate. When the Clemency Board met in September, the Florida Commission on Offender Review had a backlog of 24,000 felons seeking restoration of rights with or without hearings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Governor\u2019s plan would require felons to apply to have their rights restored with or without a hearing but would speed up the process by creating an \u201cautomatic\u201d rights restoration for those who have paid all court-ordered financial obligations and can document that they have done so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fried, Florida\u2019s only statewide elected Democrat has pushed DeSantis and other Clemency Board members to make it easier for felons to have their rights restored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clemency Board removed the minimum five-year waiting period for felons to apply to have civil rights restored, including the right to vote. 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