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Topic	Bernie Sanders has a plan for overhauling the criminal justice system
Damn_Underscore 08/18/19 1:10:12 PM #26:	Smashingpmkns posted... Damn_Underscore posted... I strongly disagree with allowing prisoners to vote. Once their sentence is over and they have done their time? Absolutely they should be able to vote. If you disagree with that then you admit that America's prison system fails at rehabilitating prisoners or you're just sadistic and think that criminals should never be forgiven. But while they are in prison, in probation, etc.? They shouldn't be able to vote. Why shouldn't they be able to vote while in prison? Because by being in prison, they have shown that they aren't fit to be in regular society until they are rehabilitated (for people who have life sentences with no parole, that is decided as never.) Argue all you want about unfair laws or the 1% of prisoners who are actually innocent, but that doesn't mean that the millions of prisoners who are actually guilty should have any affect on the law until they are fully rehabilitated (or at least until they fulfill their sentences, because that's the most we can hope for). Instead, we should change those unfair laws, make sure there are as few innocent people as possible in prison, and improve the ability of prisons to actually rehabilitate prisoners. --- Shenmue II = best game of all time Shenmue = 2nd best game of all time <cite>Damn_Underscore posted [p:926224324] in Bernie San... [t:77946947]...</cite> <quote>Smashingpmkns posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Damn_Underscore posted...</cite> <quote>I strongly disagree with allowing prisoners to vote. Once their sentence is over and they have done their time? Absolutely they should be able to vote. If you disagree with that then you admit that America's prison system fails at rehabilitating prisoners or you're just sadistic and think that criminals should never be forgiven. But while they are in prison, in probation, etc.? They shouldn't be able to vote.</quote> Why shouldn't they be able to vote while in prison?</quote> Because by being in prison, they have shown that they aren't fit to be in regular society until they are rehabilitated (for people who have life sentences with no parole, that is decided as never.) Argue all you want about unfair laws or the 1% of prisoners who are actually innocent, but that doesn't mean that the millions of prisoners who are actually guilty should have any affect on the law until they are fully rehabilitated (or at least until they fulfill their sentences, because that's the most we can hope for). Instead, we should change those unfair laws, make sure there are as few innocent people as possible in prison, and improve the ability of prisons to actually rehabilitate prisoners. --- Shenmue II = best game of all time Shenmue = 2nd best game of all time</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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