A state panel has commuted the sentence of an 88-year-old retiree to time served for a series of drive-by shootings into the home of a neighbor who owed him money. ...more

March 12, 2009

After he was released from prison and pardoned for drug trafficking last year, Richard Paey looked forward to many freedoms. ...more

November 2, 2008

Allen J. Crotzer, the former St. Petersburg resident who spent 24 years in prison for crimes he did not commit, received pardons from the state today for convictions armed robbery as well as for selling drugs in prison. ...more

October 21, 2008

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist made national news last year by convincing the Clemency Board to automatically restore voting rights for most freed felons. ...more

September 2, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist made it easier for felons to vote Wednesday, but advocates questioned why he waited so long. ...more

August 29, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist recently announced that the state restored the civil rights of 115,000 ex-offenders since certain clemency rules were changed in April 2007. But that number may be somewhat illusory. ...more

August 1, 2008

More than 115,000 felons who completed their sentences have had their civil rights restored since a new state rule went into effect 14 months ago, Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday. ...more

June 18, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday with speeches about the importance of protecting civil rights, including the restoration of voting rights for most felons who have completed their sentences. ...more

January 22, 2008

Last year, Richard Paey ate a cold Thanksgiving dinner at Tomoka Correctional Institution with his cellmate, a convicted murderer who had killed a previous cellmate. ...more

November 23, 2007

HUDSON - The relief on Richard Paey's face was obvious Thursday evening as he was helped from a government vehicle in the driveway of a home he had not seen in more than three years. ...more

September 20, 2007