Last updated on:
11/27/2007 |
Author: ProCon.org
John Fund Biography
- Title:
- Columnist, Wall Street Journal
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Felons Who Have Completed Their Sentence (Incarceration, Probation, and Parole) Be Allowed to Vote?"
- Reasoning:
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“If I sat in a legislature in a state with a lifetime ban, I would probably support restoring the right to vote to those who had completed jail time and parole.”
“My Felon Americans,” Wall Street Journal, Mar. 7, 2005
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Editorial Page Writer (specializing in politics and government), Wall Street Journal and OpinionJournal.com, 1986-Present
- Member, Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal, 1995-2001
- Warren Brookes Award for Journalistic Excellence, American Legislative Exchange Council, 1993
- Deputy Editorial Features Editor, Wall Street Journal, 1984-1986
- Reporter for syndicated columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, 1982-1984
- Former Research Analyst, California State Legislature
- Education:
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- Attended California State University
- Other:
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- None found