Restore voting rights to ex-felons
Good law enforcement involves not only preventing and solving crimes but also helping those who have been released from prison return to society as law-abiding citizens. Full Story »
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Posted by Dwight Rousu - Feb 13, 2009 - 2:12 PM PST
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Dwight Rousu - Feb 13, 2009 - 2:12 PM PST
The article puts forward some good informed opinion from a big city police chief and a county sheriff nearby. To nit-pick a bit, a study showing "former offenders who vote are 50% less likely to commit new crimes than those who don't vote" may be showing correlation, but not necessarily cause and effect. Interesting none-the-less.
Particularly of interests since Kerlikowske has been said to be nominee for national "drug czar." It seems to me that denying voting rights until a usurious fee is paid sounds very much like a poll tax, which is illegal. Also, kudos to Kohl-Welles and Darneille in the legislature.
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While the rest of the country is focusing on the stimulus plan and a host of other problems, it nice to get your head out of politics for a minute. This a well written article with two state congress persons sticking up for a big part of society who have no rights. While there's some people who i'm sure do not deserve to vote, at least let ones that are not baby killers vote, whats it going to hurt.
On a subject just as bad, the prisons are full of people that could just as easily be monitored by electronic bracelets and probation. You could save billions for re-education.
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When the criminal justice system disproportionally takes away rights from minorities and the poor, the views of these law enforcement leaders also has a strong aspect of social justice.
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