The consequences of receiving a felony sentence at either the state or federal level rarely end when the offender is released from prison, but continue long after the offender has regained his freedom, sometimes indefinitely. These collateral consequences of incarceration range from the highly publicized inability to vote to less well-known consequences such as the inability to obtain certain types of employment.
To that end, we compiled a booklet, “Consequences of Conviction: A Reminder of Some Possible Civil Penalties,” that collects the federal and New York state legislation on collateral consequences of criminal convictions. The purpose is to provide criminal defense attorneys with an overview of this information all in once place so that, when appropriate, it can easily be conveyed to clients.
