Former mayor of Magnolia, Miss., and himself a former felon, Anthony Witherspoon speaks at a hearing where a group of legislators were told about the difficulties that some former felons face in regaining their right to vote, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Kenneth Almons says he began a sentence in a Mississippi prison just two weeks after graduating from high school, and one of his felony convictions — for armed robbery — stripped away voting rights that he still has not regained decades later.
