Opinion: Restoring voting rights to ex-felons benefits Kentucky
Kentucky is one of only three states that bars citizens with felony convictions from voting for the rest of their lives.
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Kentucky is one of only three states that bars citizens with felony convictions from voting for the rest of their lives.
The interest of society is best met by the person who committed the criminal act accepting and fulfilling the responsibilities to their community.
CATLETTSBURG A Boyd County grand jury indicted a woman accused of carrying a hefty drug stash in her purse along with her 2-year-old child in the back seat. Alexis Cain, 23, of Ashland, was arrested April 16 following a traffic stop by Kentucky State Police that turned up weed, meth, Gabapentin, Tramadol and Hydrocodone, according to court records. Her child was turned over to his grandmother at the scene, according to KSP. Last week, a Boyd County grand jury slapped Cain with a nine-count indictment, charging her with endangering the welfare of a minor, first-offense keeping a prescription d...