Court blocks Mississippi ban on voting after some crimes, but GOP official will appeal ruling
Mississippi is violating the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment by permanently stripping voting rights from people convicted of some felonies, a federal appeals court panel ruled in a split decision Friday. Two judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ordered the…
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