NCJ Number
41755
Date Published
1973
Length
47 pages
Annotation
THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES WHICH RESULT FROM A CONVICTION OF CRIME AND WHICH MAY OUTLAST THE CONFINEMENT, PAROLE, OR PROBATION OF THE CONVICTED FELON.
Abstract
THE DOCUMENT GIVES ATTENTION TO VIRGINIA PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE EX-OFFENDER'S RIGHT TO VOTE, TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE, TO SERVE ON JURIES, AND TO HOLD STATE LICENSES AND PERMITS. ALSO SUMMARIZED ARE THE CONVICTED FELON'S RIGHT TO BE A WITNESS AT TRIAL, TO OWN AND SELL PROPERTY, AND THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH HIS EMPLOYMENT AFTER RELEASE. THE AUTHOR PRESENTS THE THREE TRADITIONAL MODES OF RESTORING THESE RIGHTS -- PARDON, AUTOMATIC RESTORATION, AND EXPUNGEMENT OF ADULT RECORDS OF CONVICTION; AND HE PROPOSES AN ACT WHICH WOULD SINGULARLY GOVERN RESTORATION OF RIGHTS TO EX-OFFENDERS....KAP