Felons are citizens just like use‚ they make mistakes‚ but they are trying to get rehabilitated back into the world. Right or wrong‚ a felon is felon and ‘’an estimate 5.3 million felony conviction barred from voting‚ while in Vermont and Maine allow felons to vote while in prison’’. Felons when they get out they should be free as use‚ they did the crime and they paid the time. Aren’t felons released when they are deemed rehabilitated? It seems that we prefer to let felons stay felons‚ rather than
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Should Felons Be Allowed To Vote? The disenfranchisement of a person is a heavy topic that you only hear about every four years during the Presidential Election. Why though? The reason: everyone has an opinion on the issue‚ but only few are willing to say anything about it. Some are afraid of the racial issue our country sees‚ and some are afraid to sway against their preferred political party. The Constitution of the United States of America‚ amendment 14‚ section 2‚ clearly states “…citizens
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citizenship‚ and in some states weather you’re a convicted felon. I believe that it is unfair that some states make it so felons can’t vote. I really believe felons should be allowed to vote simply because everyone makes mistakes‚ and some felons have to rejoin society eventually. Felons are looked at by some as the bad people of society. Some people even believe that once they have messed up they don’t deserve a second chance. Although some felons commit crimes that are so awful that they don’t
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to the preservation of a democratic society‚ felons ought to retain the right to vote. Felons are denied their right to just representation when they are disenfranchised. The right to vote is a natural right for all naturalized citizens in a democratic society. Felons are no exception. Although felons have broken the rule with society‚ they are given their due by the removal of their rights while in prison. The completion of a felon serving out their sentence in prison is a just
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The Pursuit of Happiness – Denied Why do I believe you should hire a felon? It’s been said that when somebody has something to prove‚ they will move mountains for you. How much does an individual coming out of a situation such as prison have to prove? Plenty. Not only to you as an employer‚ not only to society in general‚ but also to his family and everyone else who doesn’t believe that someone who has been imprisoned can make anything of themselves in life. President Kennedy stated in an article
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As a college student who doesn’t have a felony on their record and is not familiar with the climax of the justices’ system and voting laws I have taken it upon myself to do the research on the topic. In doing so I have come to the conclusion that felons should be allowed to vote and their vote could and would have made major differences in past elections. Estimated about 5.85 million people in the United States could not vote due to a felony conviction an increase from the 2004 total of 5.26 million
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African American Juvenile Felons Introduction Reintegration after Prisonization for African American Juvenile felons what happens to them and can them survive in the outside world? What is reintegration? This paper will examine the reintegration of African American juvenile felons. Being a felon makes it hard to find a job; in some cases it interferes with trying to get an apartment or even a grant to continue education. Felons have the hardest time in obtaining employment‚ it depends on the age of
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Science 1010 20 November 2013 Should felons be allowed to vote? As a college student who does not have a felony on their record and is not familiar with the extremities of the justice system and voting laws I have taken is upon myself to do some reasearch on the positive and negatives of having voting rights. I have also taken into consideration many other peoples point of views from the internet and from this I have formed the opinion that felons should in fact have the right to vote. This
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causes a convicted felon to get out of prison and commit another crime? After being punished by having to serve time in prison‚ why? In this essay we are going to discuss a reason why. The average person knows people who commit felonies are punished by being forced to spend time in prison. However‚ convicted felons lose more than this type of freedom as part of their punishment. It is as if the punishment is never over and the sentence never ends. That is what I believe causes most convicted felons to
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Felons should be given more opportunities in life Charter College Society should consider giving felons that want to change their life around for good a second chance. Society needs to see that’s it’s a fact‚ some felons have the potential and knowledge to better themselves‚ even after doing time for a crime committed. Society does not want to see the effort and sacrifices‚ commitment that some felons take to rehabilitate themselves and life style. They should be given the opportunity
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