Garcia said Crists initiative was well publicized and that if someone wants to become a voter, the ex-felon could make an effort to get in touch with the parole commission. "I dont think it's Gov. Scotts fault that the (commission) has now tried at least two, maybe three times, that (they) cant reach 20 percent […]

In what could have been the ultimate "pilot project" for less than 400 inmates (out of 100,000 in state prison), the Republican-led Florida Legislature passed a bill to help "nonviolent offenders" who are substance abusers reenter society. The Daytona Beach News-Journal - Cutting state's prison population benefits justice and budgets The Gainesville Sun - Reggie Garcia: A […]

Governor's veto cites "Unwarranted Exception" to 85% sentence law.  HB 177 passed the house 40-0 and the House of Representatives 112-4. Read more.

"It's good news that only 7,000 voters committed new crimes out of almost 11 million voters statewide," said Reggie Garcia, a Tallahassee lawyer and clemency expert. "It's bad news that they are disproportionately African-American, Democrat and presumably males." 

As a young man living in St. Petersburg three decades ago, Larry Wood made a couple of bad mistakes. He has spent the past six years trying to clear his name. Read more.

Official mercy BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN It’s the job of Reggie Garcia (JD 85) to win for his clients the rights and freedoms that no judge or jury can grant. Garcia is a clemency lawyer who for 17 years has appeared before three Florida governors and numerous Cabinet members of both parties seeking mercy for clients convicted and sentenced […]

TALLAHASSEE -- Desmond Meade served time for cocaine possession and aggravated battery, but turned his life around and overcame the drug and alcohol addictions that forced him to live on the streets of Miami. Seven years after walking out of state prison, Meade, 44, is in law school and helps run a halfway house for addicts. […]

Florida Governor Rick Scott and the three state-wide elected members of the Florida Cabinet, acting as the Board of Executive Clemency ("the Board") unanimously approved new clemency rules effective March 9, 2011. Read more.

It's the job of Reggie Garcia (JD 85) to win for his clients the rights and freedoms that no judge or jury can grant.  There are six general criteria, some rules of procedure, but no rules of evidence, the Tallahassee lawyer explained. Its half law and half lobbying. Its more about equity and common sense. […]