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"After being a felon..." Sounds like they were a criminal before that.
by trinifar 9y ago
"After being a felon..."
Sounds like they were a criminal before that.
- AlecSchueler 9y agoSo rehabilitation's completely out the window then? Why take an offender and create a situation for them in which they'll be more likely to re-offend and work more closely with other criminals? I know that personally if my vote was taken away, for example, that I'd lose a great deal of respect for and connection to the state; the meaning and validity of laws would be seriously diminished.
- opportune 9y agoYeah, that's the whole point. If you make it so a felon is essentially completely shut out from mainstream society, it will be really hard for them to not commit crime again, since they may not even be able to get a job or find a place to live. So in effect you just incentivize them being jailed again, which is bad for them and for all of society, since we have to pay for it.
- clarkmoody 9y agoLots of felonies are completely ridiculous and cater to special interests, such as felony copyright infringement.