Former President Donald Trump is now a convicted felon, but legal experts have told NPR that it's unlikely he will face incarceration.
— carry a maximum sentence of four years in prison, but Trump could receive much less serious punishment, like probation.before the trial's conclusion that it's"very unlikely for someone who has never been convicted of a crime to go to prison ... for their first offense, which is nonviolent."
Georgetown University law professor and attorney Paul Butler, a former federal prosecutor and expert on criminal law,told PoliticoNew York Judge Juan Merchan scheduled sentencing for July 11 — which happens to be just days before the Republican National Convention.The sentencing would also have a direct impact on Trump's voting rights. (There's no prohibition on himVoting rights for people with felony convictions differ from state to state.
"Florida has interpreted its statute to say that a felony conviction in another state makes a person ineligible to vote in Florida," Justin Levitt, an election law expert at Loyola Marymount University and a former Justice Department official, earlier this year." only if the conviction would make the person ineligible to vote wherever they were convicted."while they are incarcerated.
So if Trump doesn't serve prison time for the New York conviction, he's likely to be able cast a ballot this fall.
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