1.   As soon as he found out I was a convicted felon, he was in a rush to be friends.

2.   By law, a convicted felon is not allowed to possess or use a firearm.

3.   Convicted felons should not be allowed to profit from their crimes.

4.   It is the right of any convicted felon, great or small, to apply for a pardon.

5.   Our courts and prisons are so overcrowded that convicted felons walk free.

6.   Some prisons are so overcrowded that convicted felons are allowed to walk free.

7.   The group is protesting the denial of voting rights to convicted felons.

8.   The aim of the bill was to curb the sale of firearms to convicted felons, and to impose a cooling-off period for would-be purchasers.

9.   The new law empowered police to designate as criminal syndicates those organizations which met certain criteria, including a proportion of convicted felons among their membership.

10.   Among those barred by the law are convicted felons, the mentally ill, illegal aliens and anyone dishonorably discharged from the military.