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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Mississippi’s Felon Voting Ban

The decision leaves in place one of the nation’s strictest voting restrictions, rooted in a Jim Crow-era provision of the Mississippi Constitution.

Bryan Kohberger's Defense Challenges Death Penalty in Idaho Murders Case

Federal Court Rejects Alex Murdaugh's Appeal of 40-Year Sentence

South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty Methods

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Mississippi's Felon Voting Ban

Supreme Court Revisits Public Sleeping Ban in Landmark Homelessness Case

Mississippi's Felon Voting Rights Ban Under Scrutiny by Federal Appeals Court

Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Homelessness Case

Supreme Court Declines Appeal from Inmate Kept in Solitary Confinement for Three Years

Court Overturns Mississippi's Voting Ban For Former Felons As 'Cruel And Unusual' Punishment