9th Circuit Appeals Court Says No Intentional Racism In Washington Justice System

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a state can prohibit felons from voting even if the ban disproportionately harms minorities, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a Washington state case that supports a similar law in California. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overturned a 2-1 decision by one of its panels in January 2010, that struck down a Washington law that bans felons from voting in elections.

The Sentencing project which is led by Executive Director Marc Mauer who is recognized as a leading expert on sentencing policy, race and the criminal justice system, estimated that 5.3 million Americans are denied the right to vote because of laws that prohibit voting by people with felony convictions.

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Respond to this video...  While whites are not nearly affected by this as much as Blacks, injustice is injustice no matter who it happens to and no matter who commits the injustice...."liberty and justice for all".

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@amilkar1964 of course it does.