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Published on February 20, 2003, Page 15E, The Miami Herald



OUT OF JAIL? LEARN ABOUT "REDEMPTION PROJECT"
Herald staff

Want your criminal record sealed? Have you lost the right to vote?
South Miami Vice Mayor Mary Scott Russell will lead a ``Redemption Project Workshop'' from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at South Miami City Hall, 6130 Sunset Dr.

Cosponsors of the portion on sealing records are the Miami-Dade public defender's office and the Miami-Dade state attorney's office.

The restoration of voting rights cosponsors are the Florida American Civil Liberties Union, the Miami-Dade branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Dade County Bar Association, the Black Lawyers Association, the Haitian Lawyers Association, the University of Miami Black Law Students Association, the Nova Southeastern University Black Law Students Association and Brothers of the Same Mind.

To schedule a free appointment to attend the workshop, call the public defender's office at 305-545-1616 by Sunday.

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