Mr. Felder, a repeat felony offender, had been serving two and a half to five years in prison.
This is a much better deal than the treatment offered others who might be guilty of repeated felonies.
The bootlegging bill approved today would make repeat violations a felony, punishable by up to four years in prison.
According to the paper, the "charges range from speeding tickets to numerous cases of driving with a suspended or revoked license, typically a second-degree misdemeanor or, for repeat offenders, a felony".
Would make the shipping of "bootleg" cigarettes into the state without paying state taxes, now a misdemeanor, a felony for repeat violators, and would impose fines for such violations up to $100 per carton.
In an agreement announced by the US department of justice last night, Betonsports admitted a string of felonies including repeated mail and wire fraud, money laundering and illegal gaming.
The goal, as The Times reported this week, is to speed the departure of people who have committed felonies and misdemeanors, repeat offenders of immigration laws and national security risks and to stop the deportation of illegal immigrants with no convictions who are young students, military service members, close family of American citizens, the elderly and others.
Seeking to combat accidents involving undocumented immigrants, Georgia upgraded to felony status a repeat conviction of driving without a license.
Imagine the tensions in a unit when a soldier or marine is forced to suspect others of having been convicted of felonies and possibly repeating them.
Repeat violations would be treated as felonies.
Repeat offenses can be considered a felony.
