I think that married people with children should have more voting power than single people. I would even be ok with only married people over 21 being able to vote. Given this you can be sure that I don't give a f- about the "voting rights" of violent criminals and whether or not they would view it as punishment or whatever.
Running rough-shod over the rule of law is no good way to enforce the law.
Just because you think 'mean' is the same as 'conservative' doesn't make it so.
/johnny