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Originally Posted by guccilvr
I hope you never have kids  To sit here and say that trust can never be gained back 100% is ridiculous. There are people who will never be rehabilitated, but there are also quite a few who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.. now they have a felony record. How about the ones who are *GASP* wrongfully convicted?
I've never understood why a felon can't vote. In NC, I believe your right to vote is only revoked as long as you are parole/probation, after that it is reinstated. That makes sense. You did your time, you proved you went another 3, 5, 10, however many years without doing anything else.. you should be allowed a say in the country's most basic right. It's not like voting can hurt anyone. The law about felons not being able to carry firearms makes sense.. but seriously.. a ballot won't do much damage.. unless you live in Florida.
I'm also trying to figure out how a felon can be taxed if they can't vote.. taxation without representation?? |
Considering I will be having a kid soon, ouch, below the belt, and I will just ignore it.
I do not think that there is a universal policy trust never can be earned back (but I do feel strongly some things once done can never be undone no matter what you do, an example on a personal note was an ex cheated on me, she did ask for forgiveness I forgave he years later, but i still would not go out with her again, that is a difference between rehabilitation since i know she was sorry, and full acceptance), but a felony is not a misdemeanor. And while yes there can be someone in the wrong place at the wrong time, I will not ask why the person was in the wrong place (but that is a good question), but we have trials, and like the Julie Amero case portrayed there is chances of huge travesty of injustice, but to think that in those cases the issue there is much larger then whether that person should be able to vote or not.
As far as rehabilitation I think that people can rehabilitate but part of rehabilitation is taking responsibility for your actions. The current policy is if you break our trust you can not vote, and be part of the decision process. If you have a qualm with that then do not violate the trust.