It’s better than good! I’m a very long time proponent of just this type of thing and have actively worked to advance agendas just like this. Why should someone lose a God given right because they’ve been convicted of a felony? Let them serve their time and have all rights restored upon completion of their sentence.
This is absolutely fantastic news!
America was once that way. There was also a notion that if you did your time you paid your debt to society. I believe that can be linked to a Christian notion of repentance and forgiveness. “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.” It may be that some felons are never reformed because they meet obstacles the rest of their lives.
I know of this. I received a resume hand delivered by one of my employees. It was from one of his friends. My employee plead with me to hire his friend and explained he was a felon and did something really stupid. His friend was scared to death in apply for the job. He was utterly ashamed. I ended up hiring him. He became one of most my hardworking and loyal software engineers. Oh, and what he did was stupid - the stupidity of youth and imagine there are many people who had done the same without be caught.
There is one thing I am insistent. When people are found guilty of breaking the law, they serve their sentence. Sentences are given without regard of background, social status, etc. Now if a sentence truly fits the crime, then why would someone’s rights be taken away for life, but they are allowed in the general public? Criminals really don’t seem the type to follow the law anyway. If they are reformed and fully integrated back into society there is a lesser chance of breaking the law.
Yes, if you are a nonviolent felon, your punishment should end when you have completed your sentence. Further denial of rights is an ex post facto punishment and violated the double jeopardy prohibition in the Constitution.
BTT!!
I agree 1000%!!