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The Florida Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021. Credit: Michael Moline/Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis blocked a pardon on Wednesday for Desmond Meade, who led the campaign behind Florida’s voting-rights restoration ballot initiative in 2018, citing Meade’s dishonorable discharge from the military. However, the governor suggested Meade could qualify for restoration of his civil rights, including the right to serve on juries and hold public office, under revised clemency rules that he and the Florida Cabinet had approved earlier in the day. “As a former military officer, a dishonorable discharge...

DeSantis, Clemency Board remove 5-year waiting period to restore civil rights to felons Florida Rights Restoration Coalition celebrates victory, but says more work needs to be done Governor Ron DeSantis and the Clemency Board removed the minimum five-year waiting period for felons to apply to have civil rights restored, including the right to vote. and last updated 2021-03-10 19:28:33-05 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Governor Ron DeSantis and the Clemency Board removed the minimum five-year waiting period for felons to apply to have civil rights restored, including the right to vote. In add...

On a day when advocates for ex-felons could celebrate another big win, Desmond Meade, one of the most prominent advocates, was again denied a pardon by Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis also would not expedite Meade’s clemency, saying he should go through the proper channels.

Man Serving 90-Year Weed Crime Sentence Released From Prison December 16, 2020 On Tuesday, December 8th, Richard DeLisi walked out of South Bay Correctional Facility after serving 31 long years. While the 71-year-old was held away in prison – his wife died, his son overdosed, and his daughter was paralyzed in a brutal car accident. A stripped life and a broken family, all stemming from a grossly inflated cannabis conviction.  The Longest-Serving Nonviolent Cannabis Prisoner In September of 1988, Richard was caught in the middle of a reverse-sting operation led by the Florida Department ...

Felony drug trafficking, a republican state representative who had been a paul lepage loyalist throughout his time in the legislature. for some reason, paul lepage looks at him and does not want to behead him. the state rep not only had had the felony drug trafficking conviction, since that conviction, he hats admitted to using firearms multiple times. which as a felon was additional felony. he has had multiple misdemeanor offenses since his felony, but paul lepage on his way out of office pardoned him. today we learned that paul lepage pardoned him despite the direct recommendation from the s...