Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
9th Cir: Beware of Use of Arrest and Conviction Records
Introduction
In Farrakhan v. Gregoire, ___ F.3d ___, Slip Op. 107 (9th Cir. Jan. 5, 2010), a split panel of the Ninth Circuit held that denying felons the right to vote violated the Voting Rights Act because there was evidence that Washington state’s criminal justice system had a discriminatorily adverse impact on Blacks and other minorities. […]