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MS SB3034

Bill

Status

Failed

10/2/2020

Primary Sponsor

Angela Turner-Ford

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Origin

Senate

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Restores voting rights to Dexter Foster of Lee County, Mississippi, who lost eligibility due to a 2003 strong armed robbery conviction
  • Foster was originally sentenced to 10 years in the custody of the Department of Corrections with sentence suspended and probation set at 5 years
  • Probation was revoked and Foster was resentenced on May 20, 2004, to 2 years in custody followed by 3 years probation
  • Foster was released on May 6, 2005, and completed probation on August 1, 2008, and has since maintained a law-abiding record
  • Becomes effective upon passage

Legislative Description

Restore suffrage to Dexter Foster.

Last Action

Died In Committee

10/2/2020

Committee Referrals

Judiciary, Division B6/15/2020

Full Bill Text

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