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Advocacy groups file lawsuit to block Alabama law criminalizing absentee voting assistance

JURIST

SB 1, signed into law last month, criminalizes requests or collections of absentee ballots for someone other than close relatives. The Bill specifically targets Alabamians who pay for assistance in the absentee ballot process, which could result in a felony punishable by up to 20 years.

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Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision

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Three Virginia citizens disqualified from voting due to felony convictions joined a nonprofit organization to file a lawsuit Monday in federal court against Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and several state elections officials. The action challenges the felony disenfranchisement provision of the Virginia Constitution.

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Alabama Makes Gender-Affirming Care for Teens a Felony

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An Alabama law that makes it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender youth has gone into effect after Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill on April 8, reports Reuters.

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Alabama Prosecutes Mother for Using Prescribed Medication

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Since 2006, when meth labs were appearing across rural communities, Alabama has made it a felony to expose a child to a chemically toxic environment by enforcing heavier penalties on people who make drugs around children, exposing them to the vapors that are emitted in the creation of crack and meth.

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Felony Convictions Prevent 4.6 Million People From Voting: Report

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million people, will be barred from voting in 2022 due to state laws banning people with felony convictions from doing so, reports NPR. percent in Massachusetts to more than 8 percent in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, while Vermont, Maine, and Washington, D.C. ” Disenfranchisement rates range from 0.15

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Small Town Alabama Journalists Arrested, Ordered To Refrain From Reporting On Grand Jury Investigations

The Crime Report

” Local newspaper publisher Sherry Digmon and reporter Don Fletcher were arrested in Atmore, Alabama on October 27 and accused of revealing information about a grand jury investigation related to the Escambia County School Board. ” Abuse of grand jury information is a felony under Alabama law.

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Jury Trial Delays Lead to Longer Lock Ups

The Crime Report

Carroll of the University of Alabama School of Law. Superior Court on felony charges as of mid-June. Although prison populations declined during the pandemic’s early days, they crept back up because fewer prisoners have been released, said Prof. Some 582 people were detained awaiting trial in D.C.

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