California governor announces Amnesty Easter

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(Reporter Liu) April 5 Easter, the San Francisco Chinatown community activist Zheng received an unexpected surprise, California Governor Jerry announced that he and the other 82 people on parole for more than 10 years, the reformed criminals received amnesty.

On April 5, the governor's office issued a statement saying that any person convicted of illegal convictions in California could apply for a pardon from the governor, who would make a decision based on whether the person has demonstrated to the community that they have reformed, maintained good behaviour and become law-abiding citizens.
On the same day, brown Amnesty 83 people are convicted of sentencing after sentence, and from prison for more than 10 years of prisoners, in the past 10 years, they have not violated the law.
The 45-Year-old Zheng from Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, and 12-year-old immigrants to the United States with their parents. In 1986, 16-Year-old Zheng and two two Chinese teenagers kidnapped and robbed a Chinese businessman and family who did business in the San Francisco Chinatown and were sentenced to life imprisonment for their arrest.
2005, Zheng Xiao Fei 19 years after the parole, he served in prison during the study plan, received a high school diploma and Community college degree, but also harvested a prison for the white woman Counseling love.
After being released on parole, Zheng was invited by the San Francisco Chinatown Community Youth Center to provide counseling services for Chinese and other ethnic youths, who, through his own experience, encouraged young people to be positive and saw him in many community events in San Francisco.
Zheng by local Chinese media as a community hero, he was appointed by the mayor of San Francisco as a member of the South East Community Facilities Committee, San Francisco Police Central branch of the Citizens Advisory Committee members, currently in the Community Youth Center as project manager.
After his release from prison, Zheng was faced with deportation from the immigration department and deported back to China. San Francisco's legal experts and community members have appealed to him to fight for his chance to stay in the United States. In 2014, the San Francisco Parliament asked Governor Gordon Brown to bail on his little fly.
83 of Zheng, such as amnesty, will receive a certificate from the California Supreme Court, the California judiciary and the FBI will update their records as of that date, and the U.S. State Department and the legislature have been documented as public records to be queried.
After receiving a pardon, under California law, Zheng and others will be able to serve as jurors and parole officers, who can own and maintain weapons.
Brown has repeatedly chosen a religious holiday amnesty, and he has pardoned 127, 65 and 79 people on Christmas Eve in 2013, one day before Easter and 2012 Christmas Eve respectively.

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