Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet, acting as the Board of Executive Clemency, did away with the waiting periods, opening the door for thousands of so-called “returning citizens” to have their rights restored and possibly wiping out a backlog of thousands of other cases awaiting review.
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Hello and welcome to Wednesday.
The daily rundown Between Monday and Tuesday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 4,426 (0.2 percent), to 1,952,733; active hospitalizations decreased by 22 (nearly 0.7 percent), to 3,310; deaths rose by 125 (nearly 0.4 percent), to 31,889; 3,658,030 Floridians have had at least one dose of a vaccine.
Ten years after It was a decade ago that then-Gov. Rick Scott and former Attorney General Pam Bondi clamped down on when felons could win back their rights, including their voting rights. They put in tight restrictions that said felons could not even ask state government to have their rights restored until they had been out of prison at least five years, and in some cases at least seven years.
For the past decade, felons in Florida have had to wait at least five years after being released from prison before becoming eligible to have their civil rights restored. But on Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet, acting as the Board of Executive Clemency, did away with the waiting periods.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet did away with the waiting periods, opening the door for thousands of so-called “returning citizens” to have their rights restored and possibly wiping out a backlog of thousands of other cases awaiting review.
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Florida Governor And Cabinet Drop Waiting Period For People Hoping To Regain Civil Rights After Prison
By News Service of Florida
March 10, 2021
TALLAHASSEE For the past decade, felons in Florida have had to wait at least five years after being released from prison before becoming eligible to have their civil rights restored.
But on Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet, acting as the Board of Executive Clemency, did away with the waiting periods, opening the door for thousands of so-called “returning citizens” to have their rights restored and possibly wiping out a backlog of thousands of other cases awaiting review.