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The Rehabilitated Project was
started as a nationwide
campaign by Mr. Benninghoff to
assist ex-offenders re-
integrate after serving their
debt to society, a debt to those
like Professor Martin, seems
never able to be repaid |
The
Rehabilitated Project (TRP) was
begun by Mr. Benninghoff aft er
enduring years of collateral
consequences arising from his
status as an ex-offender.
Through TRP, Mr. Benninghoff has
helped gather a nationwide
Coalition of Support for
Charlie Rangel's "Second Chance
Act for Ex-Offenders of 2007"
act (HR 623) which is designed
to provide a chance for federal
ex-offenders to clean up their
records after completing
extremely exhausting
requirements. A detailed
description is found at
TRP's Site. The
articles have also been featured
in
American Chronicle and the
Roanoke Times, among others.
In this capacity, Mr.
Benninghoff has been interviewed
by National Public Radio (NPR)
and his interviewed can be
listened to by clicking
HERE. Additionally,
Mr. Benninghoff is writing a
series of articles to heighten
the public's awareness about the
continued effect of a federal
conviction as opposed to those
from, say, California where
after a while even murders can
have their records expunged and
cleaned up. This is
not possible for even minor
crimes in the federal system, a
burden imposed solely by the
federal government as all states
provide their ex-offenders some
for of relief. |
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Impeachment of a witness... |
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is important, at this point, to
note one of the major
differences between a federal
conviction and a state
conviction. Wit a state
conviction, even a felonious
murderer with multiple
convictions may obtain a
"Certificate of Rehabilitation"
which would stop any attorney
from trying to impeach him as a
witness during a trial.
However, with but a single
federal conviction for a
low-grade white-collar crime, a
federal ex-offender's testimony
can be impeached. Thus, a
jury cannot even hear about the
murderous, bloody rampage of a
state ex-offender but federal
ex-offenders are impeached for
life by disreputable lawyers who
seek to have them disregarded,
devalued and shunned for life.
This fact is but one of the many
reasons why Mr. Benninghoff
formed TRP and actively works to
achieve its
stated goals. |
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Contact Professor Martin |
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Martin of the University of San
Diego School of Law should
remove the offensive material he
has published regarding Mr.
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