Does the restoration of an individuals citizenship rights affect the bar?
• If an individual’s citizenship rights were revoked as a result of the conviction and are fully restored in the jurisdiction of conviction and in a manner which demonstrates rehabilitation of the individual since the offense, the bar is ended. But, if no citizenship rights were revoked as a result of the disqualifying conviction, the barred person must seek relief by one of the other methods of relief described in Section 504. What are citizenship rights for purposes of Section 504 relief? • Citizenship rights that may be revoked and restored as the result of state criminal convictions generally include the rights of a state citizen in the jurisdiction of conviction to vote in public elections, to serve in public office, to sit on a jury, and to possess firearms. A federal convicted offender may have any revoked citizenship rights fully restored by obtaining a pardon from the President of the United States. What if an individual successfully appeals an otherwise disqualifying convicti
