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You can't put MILLIONS of people back into circulation and continually treat them as second-class citizens. They've already got "achieved on their own without society forcing it upon them" enough burden being convicted felons.

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Yes. They earned their prison sentences. Likewise, when the sentence is served, they've earned their release.

Then, when they get out, we expect them to become productive citizens. But, out of the other side of our mouths, we relegate them to uselessness.

If you want them to really suffer, make it part of the sentence. That way, they'll know where they stand. Don't continue it after they get out, when the expectation clearly set that they'll get jobs, raise families and become productive members of society.

Unless they've been convicted of voter fraud, you can't give me a solid reason why their voting rights have anything to do with their previous crimes. Continueing to punish them, even while it creates a worse kind of criminal, is cutting off our nose to spite our face.

And I'm not going easy on them. If they've committed a crime, the punishment should fit. Heinous crimes deserve the most severe punishment, up to and including capital punishment.