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Originally Posted by UsTwo
So if the felon is your child feel free to trust them 100%. As they are not my children I feel less inclined to trust them. BTW I don't hire convicted felons.
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This is in your legal rights and entirely up to you.
However, I do often wonder how different the recidivism rates would be would more people not do this. A felon gets out of prison, serves probation and has what to look forward to? Umm well, nobody will hire them because they were a felon at one point.. how to feed the family?? I guess back on the streets slinging dope is the only answer.
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Originally Posted by Xaxy
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.
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Well, as I didn't know you were having a kid, I'll retract the statement somewhat. I basically threw it out there only to show that kids break trust constantly, yet most parents still trust them to make the right decisions as they get older.
We all know that there are some people who just can't be rehabilitated, and there are others who shouldn't vote. I just don't understand the blanket laws. If it's a sex crime against children, or murder, rape etc.. then ok.. you can't vote. But if you were in the car when the dude driving decided to run from the cops and it was stolen, or you just slung some dope.. serve your time, do your probation, if you stay clean.. then vote. It's pretty easy.