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And if you read into it you see that it was brought about to subjugate some voting demographics https://www.vera.org/reimagining-prison-webumentary/the-past-is
by dekken_ 4y ago
And if you read into it you see that it was brought about to subjugate some voting demographics
https://www.vera.org/reimagining-prison-webumentary/the-past-is-never-dead/drug-war-confessional https://www.vera.org/reimagining-prison-webumentary/the-past...
Whether this is true or not, it's certainly enraging.
- klondike_klive 4y agoYour last line could be the epithet for our times!
- dekken_ 4y agoI owe much of my personality to Chris Morris ;)
- nibbleshifter 4y agoIn the UK you don't lose your voting rights after a conviction. That is specific to the USA, where you lose a bunch of rights if you are a felon.
- t-3 4y agoMost US states don't remove the right to vote from a felon unless they are incarcerated or on parole (and many not even then). Employment discrimination is generally more of an issue than civil rights for felons, because almost noone supports hiring felons anywhere.
- lazide 4y agoTIL link for those curious [https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights/voter-restoration/felony-disenfranchisement-laws-map https://www.aclu.org/issues/voting-rights/voter-restoration/...]. Looks like only a couple permanent-disenfranchisers.