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| Topic | Prisoners should be allowed to vote |
| Zeus 07/17/20 4:31:43 AM #3: | WastelandCowboy posted... However, given that their reason for being incarcerated is sometimes not by choice, Uh, what? WastelandCowboy posted... such as being incarcerated for a crime that should have been followed by rehabilitation in the case of drug addition While you could argue diminished capacity, that's still choice. However, if you are arguing diminished capacity, you can't exactly turn around and suggest that they should be allowed to vote. WastelandCowboy posted... they were wrongly-imprisoned by officers that were prejudiced toward their race/religion/upbringing/etc or a myriad of other reasons, Because people are only wrongly-convicted based on prejudice? >_> Speaking of, once an officer gets it into their mind that somebody is guilty, it's very hard to persuade them otherwise... even if a DNA test shows them that the "murder victim" is still alive (at which point some police officers put forward the theory that the woman had another, previously-unknown daughter who impersonated the victim). WastelandCowboy posted... they shouldn't be stripped of all of their rights. They're not. However, besides their freedom and the right to vote, which rights do they lack that you feel they should have? --- (\/)(\/)|-| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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