In Florida, the Republican-controlled Legislature passed a law this year that extended gun bans to people determined to be a danger to themselves or others, and who voluntarily admit themselves to a mental health facility.
There are of course few proven cases of quid pro quo corruption because it's hardly likely that a donor and candidate would voluntarily admit to a criminal motive when they can always cite some vague principle to justify legislatively interested money ("free enterprise", "limited government", "workers' rights").
Should I prosecute him despite the fact that he voluntarily admitted the offense?
Finally, there's Jerry Stermer, the governor's former chief of staff, who resigned after voluntarily admitting to sending campaign-related e-mail on his state account.
The proposal would also provide amnesty for lower-level government workers who voluntarily admitted that they had used false certificates or diplomas.
In May 2002, just after he turned 14, he was voluntarily admitted to a treatment center in Waynesville, Mo., after making homicidal threats against his stepmother.
Mr. Katznelson said evidence of torture would prove that Mr. Mohamed had never voluntarily admitted to the dirty-bomb plot or any other involvement with Al Qaeda.
Similarly, Connecticut lawmakers, as part of a larger package of gun restrictions passed this year, voted to require that hospitals report people who have been voluntarily admitted for psychiatric treatment to state authorities, who would then bar them from buying or possessing firearms for six months.
In 2010, judges in Virginia considered roughly 40 restoration applications and granted firearms rights under state law to 25 people — 14 who had been involuntarily committed, and 11 who had been the subjects of temporary detention orders and were voluntarily admitted for mental health treatment, according to figures from the Virginia Supreme Court and the State Police.
"I will not be at the fight to cheer Canelo to victory since I have voluntarily admitted myself into a treatment facility," said De La Hoya, 40, in a statement.
As the report's authors admit, no rider voluntarily admitted an anti-doping rule violation, while several people, including riders, scientists, ex-riders and former UCI staff members, refused to be interviewed.
