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"Paratrooper with felony pardoned to join NYPD"

By Douglas A. Berman

A helpful reader forwarded to me this interesting article with the headline that is in the title of this post.  Here are the details: A decorated paratrooper whose felony gun conviction barred him from his dream of becoming a New York City police officer has been granted a pardon by New York State?s Gov. David Paterson. Spc. Osvaldo Hernandez will be free to become a police officer with the city police department or pursue another career in law enforcement after he returns from active duty in January, according to a press release from the governor?s office. ?This is the beginning for me ... not the end,? Hernandez, 27, of the 82nd Airborne Division, said in a statement. ?I will try to live up to the faith placed in me in all that I do as an infantryman when my unit deploys to Afghanistan, and when I return home...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 06, 2010 (boomark / email).