The state Senate on Wednesday agreed to restore voting rights to four people who have completed their prison sentences and ...
“I couldn’t be happier!” exclaimed one of their coaches, Jackson Erpenback, “they did an amazing job. The Georgetown team is ...
Former President Donald Trump is preparing for his first of four upcoming criminal trials next week, and a single conviction ...
Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring voting rights to people convicted of some ...
The current suffrage restoration process in Mississippi requires a legislator to submit a bill on each person’s behalf.
Norfolk residents discussed everything from voting restoration rights to public defender shortages and substance abuse in prison at a criminal ... “If all three of us get arrested,” Fatehi ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to restore the voting rights of those convicted of felonies upon the completion of their sentences, including prison and parole time.
While the U.S. Constitution doesn’t explicitly bar felons from serving as president, a number of states do restrict felons’ ...
So why don't those rights count when people do not go to prison or ... t the right to vote, isn't that just a bundle of independent rights in addition to the right to hold office?” ...
"This ruling gives us hope not just for Ms. Mason, but for the broader fight for voting rights in Texas," said Christina Beeler, voting rights attorney at the Texas Civil Rights Project ...
Kenneth Almons says he began a sentence in a Mississippi prison just two ... and said restoring voting rights “is a fundamental human rights issue.” “Let us remember that the fight for ...
While the U.S. Constitution doesn’t explicitly bar felons from serving as president, a number of states do restrict felons’ voting rights ... the trials are being held raises questions ...