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A consequence of conviction for a felony rather than a misdemeanour is that the offender may lose some civil rights.
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This thicket is known as the "collateral consequences of conviction".
The Uniform Law Commission promulgated an initiative to mitigate the effect: the Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act.
And while the penalty imposed on petitioners in this case was relatively minor, the consequences of conviction are not..
What the barrister told the court was: "The consequences of conviction - irrespective of penalty - would greatly damage Mr Bogdanov in his personal and professional life".
"In the best of all possible worlds," Justice Scalia wrote, "criminal defendants contemplating a guilty plea ought to be advised of all serious collateral consequences of conviction, and surely ought not to be misadvised".
In a dissent in the case, Justice Antonin Scalia said that "until today" lawyers were required to give advice only about the criminal prosecution itself and not about other consequences of conviction like deportation.
Mr. Mazer's lawyer, Gerald L. Shargel, said of the three defendants expected to plead guilty: "It has long been recognized that people may plead guilty to avert the draconian consequences of conviction.
The weak economy and a rethinking of the logic of mass incarceration — driven in large part by budget pressures — have also brought attention to the situations of ex-offenders like Mr. Langdon, who face the collateral consequences of conviction long after their involvement with the criminal justice system has ended.
The Uniform Law Commission has drafted the Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act (2009), which would provide for the collection and notification of all collateral consequences at critical times during criminal cases.
Infamy, public disgrace or loss of reputation, particularly as a consequence of criminal conviction.
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