Convicted rapist loses European court case over right to vote in UK election

A convicted British rapist on Tuesday lost his challenge at Europe's human rights court over a ban that prevents prisoners from voting in UK elections. Michael Hora, who was given an indeterminate jail sentence in 2007 for two counts of rape and sexual assault and has previous convictions for rape, argued that the refusal to allow him to vote in the 2019 national election breached his rights. Judges on the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unanimously rejected his claim. "Considering the seriousness of his offending, his conduct, the risk he was found to pose to the public and the resulting imposition of a harsh sentence of indeterminate detention, the Court found that the restriction on his right to vote...