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Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s administration says the felons whose rights he restored in a blanket order April 22 were “overwhelmingly nonviolent” and, on average, completed the terms of their release 11 years ago.

The administration released an analysis Wednesday that found that more than 79 percent of the felons whose rights were restored “were convicted of felonies that were nonviolent in nature.”

The administration’s analysis leaves many questions unanswered. For example, it does not list the crimes that the felons committed. It also does not say how many ex-offenders still owe money as a result of their convictions.

The administration has refused to release a list of the 206,000 ex-offenders whose rights the governor restored in his blanket order and says the information is exempt under the state’s Freedom of Information Act.

The conclusion that 79 percent were nonviolent represents 128,733 of the 163,370 felons in the analysis. The administration said that is a representative sampling of the estimated 206,000 felons covered by the restoration order, although it does not include some ex-offenders who completed their sentences before 2005.