SB 3397

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Hickman
Senate Bill 3397
AN ACT TO RESTORE THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO FRANKIE O'NEAL
WARD, JR., OF JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
���� BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
���� SECTION 1.� The right
of suffrage is hereby fully and completely restored to Frankie O'Neal Ward, Jr.,
of Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, who was disqualified as an elector on
August 16, 2002, as a result of his conviction in Simpson County for two (2)
counts of armed robbery and one (1) count of grand larceny.� As a related
matter, he was also convicted in Simpson County of kidnapping.� He was
sentenced to serve four (4), concurrent terms in the custody of the Mississippi
Department of Corrections:
��������� (a)� A fifteen-year
term for the first charge of armed robbery with five (5) years suspended and a
five-year term of post-release supervision;
��������� (b)� A fifteen-year
term for the second charge of armed robbery with five (5) years suspended and a
five-year term of post-release supervision;
��������� (c)� A ten-year term for
the charge of kidnapping; and
��������� (d)� A three-year term
for the charge of grand larceny.���� He was discharged from the custody of the
Mississippi Department of Corrections on June 14, 2012, due to the expiration
of his sentence.� Upon representation from the Mississippi Department of
Corrections, he was discharged from probation on March 29, 2016.� He completed
all terms and conditions of his sentence.
���� The Legislature is informed
that he has since conducted himself as a law-abiding and honorable citizen in a
good and lawful manner.
���� SECTION 2.� This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2026.