Steppig right up: The Tipline for 4 January 2018

Felony disenfranchisement does not come up much at GCR USA, but we had reason to think of it and other collateral consequences of being a US citizen convicted of an antitrust crime yesterday, when a former executive who had fought an indictment flipped his plea to guilty. While the Department of Justice has recommended only probation for punishment, that does not alter the other effects of a felony record.