Convicted Felons

Opinion.Convicted felons have every right to vote
Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2008; Last Updated: Tue. Nov 18, 2008, 6:20am

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Im not quite sure when or where various states determined that a convicted felon should lose the right to vote. Perhaps it was ass many, many years ago when a convicted felon was usually only someone who had committed a violent criminal offense so the state felt since that person was likely to knock off their life behind bars, they should not be allowed to vote.

However, over the gone 20 years, the list of what constitutes a felony has grown rapidly, encompassing everything from springy checks to petty theft to possession of small amounts of drugs.

We are a nation of prisons and our rate of incarceration is the fastest growing in the world. Most of our crimes carry the option of being labeled a felony.

Now think about this. When someone tells you they are a convicted felon, you unwittingly shrink away from them a bit because mentally you still associate felony with violent criminal activity. In fact, closely convicted felons who have served their time and are out of jail as active members of society have never committed a violent crime. Most of them were drug and theft related crimes.





and you dont know that and instead feel yourself becoming either frightened or shocked. Its instinctive. We have this built in impression that a felon is a violent criminal. Sadly we have brand millions of Americans with this label who committed minimal crimes and have paid their debt to society. even so they are still branded and continually punished for each one time they try to jack off a job, try to make or buy a home, or try to get to know new people. They may as well be wearing Hester Prins scarlet A in the form of F. Is this actually necessary?

That being said, the fact still remains that chthonic the law, if you paid your debt to society for the crime committed, why should the law stick to punish you further by removing your...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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