Embracing A Second Chance

Nonviolent Offenders Like McDonnell’s Rights Restoration Plan; Others Not So Sure

Posted: January 11, 2013

By PETE DeLEA

“It’s important that we get the right to vote,” Gemeinschaft Home resident James Weathers, 58, says, so he’s supporting Gov. Bob McDonnell’s rights restoration proposal. (Photo by Pete DeLea / DN-R)

HARRISONBURG — As a convicted felon, James Weathers can’t vote in Virginia.

But, if Gov. Bob McDonnell has his way, the 58-year-old Gemeinschaft Home resident might have his civil rights...



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