Las Vegas NowNevada governor signs bills, including civil rights restoration measure
Associated Press - May 26, 2009 8:05 PM ET
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A measure that streamlines the process for restoring civil rights of criminal offenders after they have paid their debts to society was signed into law Tuesday by Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons.
Currently, certain ex-offenders can have their civil rights restored after they apply to the state Pardons Board, chaired by the governor. But the board only meets twice a year and receives up to 100 applications that are reviewed in a short period of time.
SB238 would allow civil rights to be restored to ex-felons more quickly, provided there are no objections from a sentencing judge or from the prosecutor in the case.
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