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October 8, 2012
Florida Trend: Mercy Mission - Reggie Garcia Aids Former Felons

Reggie Garcia interviewed with Florida Trend about his efforts to help conflicted felons get their rights back. You can also download this article. The 30,000 to 35,000 felons released from prison each year in Florida who have been convicted of felonies can’t vote. They can’t serve on a jury. They can’t run for office. They will […]

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October 1, 2012
Florida Trend: Mercy Mission: Reggie Garcia helps convicted felons get their rights back

Mercy Mission - Reggie Garcia helps convicted felons get their rights back.The 30,000 to 35,000 felons released from prison each year in Florida who have been convicted of felonies can't vote.  They can't serve on a jury.  They can't run for office.  They will encounter difficulties in obtaining state or federal licenses, security clearances, government […]

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August 17, 2012
PolitiFact Florida: ACLU says Rick Scott "won't tell" 13,000 ex-felons that they can vote

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 […]

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July 15, 2012
Op Ed: State rejects chance for "smart justice"

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 […]

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July 1, 2012
Florida Defender: Early release of non-violent offenders can be "smart justice"

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.

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May 22, 2012
Tampa Bay Times: 7,000 felons purged from voting rolls

"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." 

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March 26, 2012
Tampa Bay Times: Pardon comes, finally, after six years

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.

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November 29, 2011
Reggie Garcia Featured in UF Law Alumni Profile

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 […]

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November 21, 2011
Backlog of Florida Clemency Cases Grows

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. […]

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