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Pat Nolan
Pat Nolan is the President of Justice Fellowship, the reform-oriented criminal justice arm of Chuck Colson's Prison Fellowship Ministries. Pat Nolan is the author of When Prisoners Return, which describes the important role the Church can play in helping prisoners get back on their feet after they are released. His opinion pieces have appeared in numerous periodicals including the Los Angeles Times, the National Law Journal and the Washington Times, and he is a much sought-after speaker on issues of justice and faith. He was selected by Governor Geringer of Wyoming to be the speaker at his annual prayer breakfast in 2002, and he has testified on several occasions before Congressional committees on prison work programs, juvenile justice, and religious freedom. He has also lectured at judicial conferences and legal conventions. Recently, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, appointed Pat Nolan to serve on the nine-member U.S. Prison Rape Elimination Commission.
Earlier in his life, Pat Nolan spent 15 years in the California State Assembly, four of those as the Assembly Republican Leader. He was a leader on crime issues, particularly on behalf of victims' rights, and was an original sponsor of the Victims' Bill of Rights (Proposition 15). He was given the "Victims Advocate Award" by Parents of Murdered Children and named "Legislator of the Year," in part for his work on behalf of Vietnam veterans. Then, as part of an FBI sting operation, Pat Nolan was prosecuted for a campaign contribution he received and pled guilty to one count of racketeering. He served 25 months in a federal prison and four months in a halfway house, and that experience changed the course of his life and work forever.
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