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MS HB1780
Bill
Status
Failed
10/2/2020
Primary Sponsor
Rickey Thompson
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AI Summary
- Restores full voting rights to Dexter Foster of Lee County, Mississippi, who lost suffrage following a 2003 conviction for armed robbery
- Foster was initially sentenced to 10 years in the Department of Corrections with the sentence suspended and probation imposed for 5 years
- Foster violated probation, was resentenced on May 20, 2004, to 2 years in custody followed by 3 years of probation, and was released May 6, 2005
- Foster's probation was terminated on August 1, 2008, and he has since lived as a law-abiding citizen
- Takes effect upon passage
Legislative Description
Suffrage; restore to Dexter Foster of Lee County.
Last Action
Died In Committee
10/2/2020
Committee Referrals
Judiciary B6/23/2020
Full Bill Text
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