I was thinking more along the lines of hillary.
Felons that have paid their debt should have all rights restored.
>>Felons that have paid their debt should have all rights restored.
That phrase “paid their debt” bothers me because they’ve paid their debt to society, but have the victim(s) been made whole? If not, the debt is still not fully discharged.
<”Felons that have paid their debt should have all rights restored.”>
The point seems circular. Isn’t losing rights part of “paying your debt”? If “all rights” have to be restored, shouldn’t released convicts get any fines back — or be removed from sexual offender lists or from limitations on where they live or from exclusions from the practice of law, etc.?
“Felons that have paid their debt should have all rights restored”.
EXACTLY!!!
Either you are a free person or you are not. If you are dangerous and can’t be trusted, you shouldn’t be free. If you served probation or paid your debt, you should be free. Or have some way to redeem yourself. Not marked for your entire lifetime. If you did a heinous crime, then you shouldn’t be free. The complaint the poor communities have are they can’t afford good lawyers - as if there were that many anyway. So if you can’t automatically get ‘Free’ again after paying your debt (real or trumped up), then there should certainly be a ‘review’ period after a set amount of time to get ALL of your rights back.
just how many times can they be convicted a felon, pay their debt to society and then as you suggest have all rights restored?
what of the repeat offenders, of which there are many?
I think it wise to have them have a lasting reminder so maybe to walk justly in their future outside of prison and realize what a blessing it is to have honest opportunity in our country. Just as even Jacob after wrestling with God for a blessing was left with a limp the rest of his life.
I do believe anyone who has been wrongly convicted and found innocent and released should have their voting ability restored.