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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
5.4 million Americans-1 in every 40 voting-age adults-are denied the right to participate in democratic elections because of a past or current felony conviction. In several American states, 1 in 4 black men cannot vote due to a felony conviction. In a country that prides itself on universal suffrage, how did the United States come to deny a voice to such a large percentage of its citizenry? What are the consequences of large-scale disenfranchisement-for...
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