sexual offense

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The arrests of the 20 defendants last August targeted people who were convicted of murder or a felony sexual offense and therefore exempt from a constitutional amendment that restores voting rights to some felons.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2022

But in 2018, 64% of Florida voters approved Amendment 4, allowing people convicted of felonies, except for murder or sexual offense convictions, to vote.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2022

But Sen. James Lankford, Oklahoma Republican, at a hearing with Mr. Mayorkas last week, said his staff was told by Immigration and Customs Enforcement that sexual offense cases aren’t automatic deportations.

From Washington Times • May 17, 2021

The state constitutional amendment that voters approved says all released felons will have their voting rights restored, unless they are guilty of murder or a sexual offense, upon completion of their sentences.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2019

But other laws followed, most of which, as the Latter-day Saints believe, were aimed directly at their religious conception of the marriage contract, and not at social impropriety nor sexual offense.

From The Story of "Mormonism" by Talmage, James Edward