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Should Prisoners Be Allowed To Vote?
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If the voting rights remain limited to prisoners with less than a year to serve, then I have no real issue with it (although I do wonder why they can't wait a year), but if the year starts to creep to be two years, and then five and so on, I would object.
There's no suggestion the time period will be amended to include longer term prisoners, but purely for the sake of the argument if it was, I would struggle with the idea of allowing people who have chosen to live outside of society's rules have a say in electing people whose job it is to make those rules.
If the voting rights remain limited to prisoners with less than a year to serve, then I have no real issue with it (although I do wonder why they can't wait a year), but if the year starts to creep to be two years, and then five and so on, I would object.
There's no suggestion the time period will be amended to include longer term prisoners, but purely for the sake of the argument if it was, I would struggle with the idea of allowing people who have chosen to live outside of society's rules have a say in electing people whose job it is to make those rules.
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Jahulaye, Many of the prisoners I talked to were murderers but none were child abusers or accused of sex crimes. it was an open prison.
They were 'one off' offences, over reaction due to a sudden threat or a build up of stress. Every one of them told me that the death sentence would have made no difference as the thought of getting caught never entered their heads.
They were 'one off' offences, over reaction due to a sudden threat or a build up of stress. Every one of them told me that the death sentence would have made no difference as the thought of getting caught never entered their heads.
It shouldn't matter what the crime is or what the sentence is. they decided, either spur of the moment or premeditated, to do something that warranted a custodial sentence. In doing so they have forfeited the right to some of the privileges of freedom. One of those freedoms is a right to vote.
Many people have a hard luck story but none of them are a reason for doing what they did to get in there. So crying like a baby because they have to get someone else to read them a letter is no ones fault but their own.
Many people have a hard luck story but none of them are a reason for doing what they did to get in there. So crying like a baby because they have to get someone else to read them a letter is no ones fault but their own.
