http://miamitimesonline.com/should-rights-of-felons-be-restored-in-florida-once-a-sentence-is-completed/ Serving Dade & Broward County since 1923 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:57:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://miamitimesonline.com/should-rights-of-felons-be-restored-in-florida-once-a-sentence-is-completed/#comment-1024 leticia Bolden Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:12:41 +0000 http://miamitimesonline.com/?p=3994#comment-1024 I personally believe that our rights should be restored. The justice system has become a business. I can personally speak for felons because I am a felon. I never committed the crime I was charged for but being that I did not have the money to hire an attorney a public defender me to plead out. After sitting in jail for 11 months, I did so. Now I'm out here in society paying for something that has altered my life. I wish my rights could be restored because I could have a better opportunity with finding jobs, apartments, assistance and go into business for myself. Being a felon comes with its own set of directions to life. I have made the best of it and I have tried to fight for my rights. You’re convicted as a felon then you have to pay fines but can’t find a job because you’re a felon. Our youth are our highest rate of offenders and if we don’t start encouraging or helping one another, we will all be effected. I personally believe that our rights should be restored. The justice system has become a business. I can personally speak for felons because I am a felon. I never committed the crime I was charged for but being that I did not have the money to hire an attorney a public defender me to plead out. After sitting in jail for 11 months, I did so. Now I’m out here in society paying for something that has altered my life. I wish my rights could be restored because I could have a better opportunity with finding jobs, apartments, assistance and go into business for myself. Being a felon comes with its own set of directions to life. I have made the best of it and I have tried to fight for my rights. You’re convicted as a felon then you have to pay fines but can’t find a job because you’re a felon. Our youth are our highest rate of offenders and if we don’t start encouraging or helping one another, we will all be effected.

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