[ExI] Do Ex-felons get back their constitutional rights after paying their debt to society?
Rik van Riel
riel at surriel.com
Sun Jul 20 16:17:29 UTC 2008
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:04:17 -0400
"Gary Miller" <aiguy at comcast.net> wrote:
> I'm not trying to stir up the gun hornet's nest again but this raises a
> broader question of whether ex-felons after paying their debt to society
> are guaranteed the same constitutional rights as everyone else.
For guns there is at least the argument that the person has been
known to use a gun for something else than self defense.
I have no idea how it can be justified that felons should not be
allowed to vote. It's not like they can harm anyone by casting
a ballot...
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