In an article entitled ‘Why 10% of Florida Adults Can’t Vote: How Felony Convictions Affect Access to the Ballot’, the New York Times explores how felony convictions affect the electoral rights of American citizen. The article builds on data provided by the Sentencing Project, a nonprofit organisation focused on criminal justice reform. According to experts, say racial disparities in sentencing have had a disproportionate effect on the voting rights of African-American and Hispanic communities.

Read the full article in the New York Times.

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