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Lifetime voting ban for felony convictions isn’t punishment, 5th Circuit says in Eighth Amendment challenge

ABA Journal

JULY 22, 2024

A lifetime ban on voting by people convicted of some felonies in Mississippi does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, a federal appeals court ruled…

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“Appeals Court Overturns Mississippi’s Lifetime Ban on Voting for Former Felons; A federal appeals court said that barring people convicted of certain felonies from voting pointlessly denied them access to ‘the democratic core of American citizenship’”

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AUGUST 5, 2023

“Appeals Court Overturns Mississippi’s Lifetime Ban on Voting for Former Felons; A federal appeals court said that barring people convicted of certain felonies from voting pointlessly denied them access to ‘the democratic core of American citizenship’”: Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report.

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Lifetime voting ban for felony convictions isn’t punishment, 5th Circuit says in Eighth Amendment challenge

“Appeals Court Overturns Mississippi’s Lifetime Ban on Voting for Former Felons; A federal appeals court said that barring people convicted of certain felonies from voting pointlessly denied them access to ‘the democratic core of American citizenship’”

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