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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Re-enfranchising felons

NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit ruled that the Mississippi secretary of state is not immune from a class action brought by former inmates who wanted their voting rights restored, and found their claims succeed on the merits: A national consensus has formed that permanent disenfranchisement of felons who have served their sentences serves no legitimate purpose and is thus cruel and unusual punishment.

Read the ruling here.

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