I have long held the belief that a sentence, however heavy or light, should wipe away guilt. Entirely.
As in, you sentence someone to fifty years, and they serve fifty years, the day they get out, that’s it. No continuous punishment. Let Jean Valjean’s “yellow passport” join the other shameful memories of history.
Same for a 90-day jail sentence. Serve it, get out, you’re clean.
Agreed
“Serve it, get out, you’re clean.”
I really understand that line of thinking. I just wish we really had “penitentiaries”, where the felon came out “penitent”. Unfortunately, that is not the world we live in.
Rights - like liberty - are for everyone; privileges - like voting - are for those that deserve them.
Just my thoughts.
Question...
A guys does 10 years for Manslaughter, only because he took a plea from the murder charge and saved the county money on a trial and got a lighter sentence, and he should have all rights returned to him the day he walks out of the penitentiary? 2nd Amendment rights as well?