Vote for prisoners: supreme court rejects appeal by two inmates.
Two convicted murderers who argued that European Union law gave them the right to vote in UK elections have had their appeals dismissed by the supreme court at Westminster.
Peter Chester, who is serving a life sentence in England, and George McGeoch, who is behind bars in Scotland, both attempted to outflank the current political impasse over prisoner voting rights.
The European court human of rights in Strasbourg has already ruled that Britain's ban that denies all those serving any sentence the ability to vote is illegal.
A parliamentary committee is currently considering the political options - whether to enforce those rulings or defy ECHR judges.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/16/votes-prisoners-supreme-court-rejects-appeal
