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Federal judge rules DAs can’t prosecute disenfranchised probationers for mistakenly voting
(Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)North Carolina district attorneys cannot prosecute people on supervision for felony convictions if they mistakenly cast a ballot before regaining their right to vote, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The reason, according to a ruling issued by District Judge Loretta C. Biggs: the underlying law was enacted to discriminate against Black North Carolinians — and continues to do so today. Plus, that law does not give prosecutors clear standards to prevent it from being enforced arbitrarily, giving district attorneys the ability to seek criminal charges based on “their personal predilections.” The ruling is the latest development on felony disenfranchisement i

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