Brussels, 25/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said on 22 May in a ruling on the forfeiture of the voting rights of a person found guilty of murder (Scoppola v Italy), that it is up to member states of the Council of Europe to decide how to regulate the ban on prisoners voting. This is a statement of principle which does not impinge on a previous Court ruling, in the Hirst case which involved the United Kingdom, in which the Court, ruling against the UK,...