McAuliffe had issued a sweeping executive order in April that affected 206,000 ex-offenders in the state.
In a 4-3 ruling, the state's justices said under the state constitution, McAuliffe didn't have the authority for such a proclamation.
[...] Nothing stops the governor from granting rights to felons on an individual basis, but the justices said it was unconstitutional to do it through a blanket order.
[...] Under McAuliffe's order, the restoration of rights only extended to felons who have finished serving their terms — anyone in prison, or on supervised probation or parole, was still barred from voting. The order also granted felons the right to serve on juries and become a notary.
[...] He also noted that most states allow felons who have completed their terms to vote — Iowa, Kentucky and Florida are the only other exceptions.
[...] "Republicans suspect the real motive for McAuliffe's order is political," [NPR's] Pam [Fessler] reported [earlier this month]. "The governor is a close ally of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who could benefit from more African-American voters if the race in Virginia is tight. McAuliffe denied that was his reason for issuing the order."
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 25 2016, @02:14PM
I wouldn't think so. Of course, it's hard to tell which killings are summary execution, and which are self defense. Right here, in the US, we've had 986 killed by police in 2015, and 532 in 2016 - apparently as of June 30.
I would HOPE that most of those killings were in self defense, but in view of current events, you've got to wonder.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/07/05/3794553/police-killings-2016/ [thinkprogress.org]
An article from the Guardian says that Russia only killed 200 people in 2015.
I didn't find articles on China, but the wikipedia suggests that China isn't into killing citizens at all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_China [wikipedia.org]