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“A double felon. I bet he runs again”.

Yep. he should run for congress he just enhanced his CV.

Quite possibly so, if he has a majority constituency the likes of Marion Berry’s.

So, Cannon will spend his last 12 days before prison at his Ballantyne-area home. At his expense, Cannon will wear a monitoring device. Cannon’s days of house arrest will not be subtracted from his prison sentence. One of the key factors behind the judge’s decision was that while Whitney believed Cannon should have known he couldn’t vote, court officials could find no record that he actually was told so. As a result, Whitney ordered a new four-step plan for the courts in the federal Western District of North Carolina in which prosecutors, probation officers, federal magistrates and district judges will now notify defendants of their loss of voting rights, once they plead guilty or are convicted.

Oh brother.

Plus, his lawyer is arguing he has an alcohol problem.

This is smart on his and his attorney's part, because if he eventually does actually go to Federal Prison, they will let you out early if you complete one of those programs (drug addiction, alcohol, anger management, etc).

Many Federal prisoners with smart attorneys argue they are drug addicts or alcoholics, even if they are not - just so they can get admitted to these programs and then secure an early release. It is done every single day in this country.