There is no debt to society that can be paid. Felons are put away to restrict their acces to innocents. Sleeping in a cell for 5 years doesn't unrape a woman, or make things right. Its not time out, its punishment and exclusion.
When a person commits a crime and serves their sentence, their lives shouldn’t be ruined afterwards.
Really? I don't see any reason otherwise. But when you can start ensuring that their victims lives aren't forever ruined, and are somehow made whole, I'll give you a listen.
Don't want to have your life ruined? Don't choose to be a felonious piece of human crap. Strikes me as a very fair and equitable deal.
Then give them the death penalty, or keep them locked up forever.
My point is, after committing a severe crime, and serving the punishment, that should be the end of it. If what they’ve done is so bad that they can’t have rights after serving their sentence, then they shouldn’t be allowed to go free.
I think that if they CAN go free, then their rights should be fully restored as they were before they committed the crime.