Felon who graduated from Yale allowed to become lawyer
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A convicted felon who became an award winning author and graduated from Yale Law School won approval Friday to practice law in Connecticut, after a state panel reviewed his moral character.
The Connecticut Bar Examining Committee recommended Reginald Dwayne Betts, 36, for admission to the state bar, a move that cleared him to become an attorney pending a swearing-in ceremony.
"I'm happy that they made that decision," Betts said. "I'm just grateful for the huge amount of support people gave me."
The committee had flagged Betts' file after he passed the bar exam in February, because of his three felony convictions for a carjacking he committed in Virginia two decades ago as a teenager.