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Brian Banks

Ex-felon lawmaker allegedly still passing bad checks

Jay Scott Smith
theGRIO REPORT - Brian Banks, the eight-time convict who won a landslide election for state representative in Michigan’s 1st district on Nov. 6, could be facing more legal troubles despite insisting he has changed his ways...
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8-time Detroit felon wins seat in MI state house

Jay Scott Smith
DETROIT - Among the string of new faces that secured Election Day victories last Tuesday, there was an unexpected victor in a Michigan State House race that has raised more than a few eyebrows...
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Foxy Brown skirts felony charges for violating restraining order

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Brown appeared in Brooklyn Criminal Court and she learned the grand jury failed to indict her with two felonies and three of four misdemeanors...
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Ex-Chicago cop convicted of lying about torture

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CHICAGO (AP) - Lt. Jon Burge, a decorated former Chicago police lieutenant, was accused of suffocating, shocking and beating confessions out of scores of black suspects...
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VA bureaucracy obstructs civil rights for ex-cons

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From The Washington Post - RICHMOND - After complying with Virginia law, many felons find themselves in limbo awaiting restoration of their civil rights...
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Jim Crow makes a comeback in Virginia

Erika Wood
OPINION - Gov. McDonnell will require ex-felons seeking to vote to write an essay on the "reasons why you believe the restoration of your civil rights is justified"...
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How do you disenfranchise one of every eight black men?

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State laws that ban convicted felons from voting are having the unintentional (or is it intentional?) effect of disenfranchising one in eight African-American men...
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Ohio sex offender shows high price of prisons ignoring rehabilitation

David A. Love
OPINION - The discovery of the bodies of six women at the home of a convicted rapist is further proof that our criminal justice system is broken...
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VIDEO – This hot dog stand has stirred some controversy in a Chicago neighborhood…

Hot dog stand gives ex-felons second chance

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VIDEO - This hot dog stand has stirred some controversy in a Chicago neighborhood...
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Proposed law would restore voting rights to felons

Cameron McCall
VIDEO - There are currently more than 5 million American citizens who cannot vote because of a criminal conviction, and 2 million of those 5 million are African-Americans...
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