Felony disenfranchisement

direct indictments are those which bypass a grand jury and arraignment process. “Direct indictments are relatively uncommon, and most often occur in serious felony cases, frequently with strategic considerations in mind, such as depriving the defendant of a preliminary hearing, which is only available in a district court following arrest on a felony warrant” (Haywood, n.d.). The additional charges from Chesapeake were a surprise to me. In The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, she states “[t]he…

She compares this to immigration reform, the civil rights movements of the past and LGBT struggles today. She concludes, “Today’s justifications are different and easier to stomach than slavery and poll taxes, but the outcome of systematic disenfranchisement remains…

All 67 counties in Alabama have their own circuit court. Circuit courts hear all cases involving felony prosecution. They also have the ability to exercise jurisdiction over juvenile and district court cases. Circuit courts hear civil cases when the amount of damages exceeds $10000. Alabama’s has three appellate courts. Court of Civil Appeals, Court…

this category but is there due to drug use and the subsequent criminal activity that follows along with your long time use. She has been ineffectively “controlled” in jail. She has yet to serve any of the sentences she has been handed down on any felony convictions due to the fact that she has had them suspended. She is possibly an example of learning the rabble life in jail. But it is also my opinion that if she would have had speedy trial and judgement would she have been less likely to have…

provides for mandatory life imprisonment if a convicted felon: (a) has been convicted in federal court of a "serious violent felony" and (b) has two or more previous convictions in federal or state courts, at least one of which is a "serious violent felony." The other offense may be a serious drug offense. (Find Law.org) The statute goes on to define a serious violent felony as including murder, manslaughter, sex offenses, kidnapping, robbery, and any offense punishable by 10 years or more…

Many prisoners are put in prison for petty crimes or more serious crimes like felonies and capital crimes witch is just a felony that is more serious and there brought there to be removed from the public because depending on the crime or for some people even any crime people won’t want them in the same area as them because they’re afraid they might do something again and they won’t nothing to do with it so the Government makes laws to make it so if someone commits a crime there either put in…

maximum of life in prison. “The Rockefeller Drug Laws *559 divided New York State Class A felony charges into three categories. Classes A-II and A-III were created to focus solely on drug crimes.”(Nakdai, 2001, p.558-559). Those charged even with the lower Class C, D, or E felonies were mandated to receive prison time. The length of prison time varied depending on the weight and type of drug for the felony charge. With mandatory imprisonment for all drug charges, judges had no discretion to…

Domestic violence is a violent confrontation between family or household members involving physical harm, sexual assault, or fear of physical harm. The presence of domestic violence is staggering one in three women and one in four men have been victims of some form of physical violence by an intimate partner within their lifetime. In addition, this violence is not a single incident, but multiple incidents of violence over a span of time. For example, Danielle Evans, had to legally change her…

incur under Florida State law, a second-degree misdemeanor. Aggravated Assault - Aggravated Assault is more serious than Simple Assault, because it's committed involving a threat imposed with a deadly weapon or with the intent of committing a felony, a third-degree…

is, “failure to success”. Throughout the memoir, many people describe Betts as a “felon”, but he describes himself as a “success”. A felon is “a person who has been convicted of a felony” and success is “the accomplishment of an aim/purpose.” This is because he was basically arrested for carjacking, convicted of 6 felony charges and he…