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Apr 12, 2024 · The 2023 investigation from the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today and The New York Times revealed how Mississippi sheriffs rule like kings, wielding vast power, exploiting and abusing the very people they are called to protect with no one stopping them.
Apr 4, 2024 · 2023. A three-judge U.S. Fifth Circuit Court panel ruled that Mississippi’s lifetime voting ban violated the Eighth Amendment’s “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibition. The full appeals court is reconsidering the case, leaving the disenfranchisement laws unchanged.
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Apr 4, 2024 · Jackson. How Mississippi’s Jim Crow Laws Still Haunt Black Voters Today. After the U.S. Civil War, white supremacists used felony disenfranchisement to suppress the Black vote. Even now, restoring rights has hit a roadblock.
Jun 30, 2023 · June 30, 2023, 9:16 AM PDT / Updated June 30, 2023, 9:42 AM PDT. By Lawrence Hurley. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to a constitutional amendment adopted by the...
May 3, 2023 · Courtesy of Ken Lund. Mississippi House and Senate members passed a new bill resembling Jim Crow laws. Isabel Choi, Staff WriterMay 3, 2023. In February of 2023, representatives of Mississippi passed bills in the House and Senate that some are referring to as “Jim Crow 2.0,” and rightfully so.
Dec 14, 2023 · Civil Rights Groups Urge Federal Appeals Court To Strike Down Mississippi's Jim Crow–Era Felon Voting Ban. A broad coalition of civil rights groups and think tanks, including Reason...
