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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Yes I'm perfect, I've never committed a felony.
Shocking, I know.
I don't believe in rehabilitation, its been proven that we do not rehabilitate prisoners we punish them, the concept of rehabilitation in this country was on religious lines.
I doubt the reason we have such a high recidivism is because they just don't feel they can contribute lawfully without the right to vote.
The only reason this is an issue is that ex-cons vote overwhelmingly for democrats, and we have had close elections in some states that don't allow felons to vote.
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I too can claim perfection then as I haven't committed a felony either. However; high recidivism rates can be directly attributed to loss of rights, voting may not be the strongest of them but a loss none the less.
And to clarify the question was not why do you think the government continues to withhold rights from convicted felons but what 'we' as citizens believe is right. I could give a laundry list of why I think things are the way they are but that is for another post.