>That way prisoners wouldn't get the vote Why is this a good thing? Prisoners are still citizens. Disenfranchising them only serves to further alienate them fr

>That way prisoners wouldn't get the vote Why is this a good thing? Prisoners are still citizens. Disenfranchising them only serves to further alienate them from society. Time and again the ECHR has served as an important check on breaches of the European Convention by the UK. But a few examples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_and_Grady_v_United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_and_Grady_v_United_Kingdo... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders_v_United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saunders_v_United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Bournewood_Community_and_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Bournewood_Community_and_Me... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherland_v_United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherland_v_United_Kingdom