Then people Have not paid their debt in full....No vote.
Why not?
At sentencing, “early release”, “time off” and “plea bargains” are all part of the legal, known deal. Nothing new is added to the mix. It’s sort of like a termination clause or an “out” in a contract.
Now, I may disagree with how “early release” and the rest are administered, but I don’t doubt that they exist.
This kind of debate is exactly why the matter should be left to the discretion of each individual state, as it is now. Perhaps a state will decide that it should be evaluated case by case, or only allowed in certain kinds of cases, or never at all (so long as broad standards of fairness are kept, such as that the process is race blind, etc.). Making blanket assessments is (IMHO) foolish, but we don’t want the window forced open by the Fed Dems to any old riff raff either. To that end, I think the USSC in its current makeup will reverse the 9th’s panel, if the full 9th doesn’t.