U.S. District Court Judge W. Keith Watkins of Montgomery, Alabama, will hold a hearing on injunctive relief in Glasgow v Allen on Monday, October 6, at 1:30 pm, in courtroom 2E. The issue is whether the state can prohibit visitors to jails who want to register inmates. Alabama law permits felons and ex-felons to vote unless they were convicted of a crime of “moral turpitude.” Only 70 crimes have been determined to involve “moral turpitude” in Alabama. A majority of people locked up in Alabama were not convicted of crimes of “moral turpitude”, although the state has had a tough time figuring out which crimes are in that category.
Interesting, what crimes are classified as being “moral turpitude”?