Mississippi is one of only two states that ban first time felony offenders from voting for life. As for the more than 40,000 people in the state who currently are disenfranchised, there are but ...

It would make little sense, the 5th Circuit concluded, for the 14th Amendment to permit felony disenfranchisement only for the Eighth Amendment to prohibit it. But in any event, the court of appeals ...

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court declined Monday to decide whether a permanent voting ban on people ... convicted felons finish their sentences. Voting rights experts say Mississippi’s ...

upheld Mississippi's permanent voting ban for individuals with felony convictions outlined in the Mississippi's Constitution. The State's Constitution was adopted on November 1,1890, marking the ...

Mississippi's lifetime voting ban for convicted felons was officially upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Tens of thousands of Mississippi residents will continue to be affected by a ...

Those three judges said Mississippi’s lifetime voting ban is cruel and unusual punishment ... such as writing a bad check, felony shoplifting and possession of counterfeit currency. This decision by ...

Last August, a panel of 5th Circuit judges blocked Mississippi's felon disenfranchisement law in a 2–1 ruling, finding that the state's lifetime voting ban for those convicted of certain crimes ...

Nearly 50,000 people were disenfranchised under Mississippi’s felony voting ban between 1994 and 2017, and about 59% of them were Black, according to an expert who analyzed data for plaintiffs ...

If the plaintiffs wanted to eliminate Mississippi's ban, they needed to instead ... that still permanently disenfranchise felons for offenses other than election-related ones.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent ...