Persuasive Essay Felons
Felons should not have the right to vote while in prison, but when they get out of prison they should be able to apply for restitution, so that they can get their rights back. No-one that is guilty of any crime should be allowed to vote until they have finished serving their punishment. If you have done something to wrong the country than one of the punishment should be losing the privilege to vote, because by voting people make decisions for the country. People who can’t be trusted should definitely not be trusted by the country shouldn’t be making decisions for the country.
One reason felons should be able to vote when they get out of prison is because of racial discrimination. As many people know black people are wrongly accused of crimes …show more content…
The Felon Voting: Should Felons Be Allowed to Vote pro con video said, “Felons whose rights are restored are ⅔ less likely to return to prison.” That means that if felons get their rights back than the crime rate will go down, that is a great reason to give felons their rights back after prison.
The third and final reason felons should get their rights back after they finish their punishment is because permanently revoking someone's right(s) goes against the fourteenth amendment. In the fourteenth amendment it says, “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” That means that States aren’t allowed to make laws that remove any sort of privileges, voting is a privilege, so not allowing felons to vote is a crime in itself.
Felons should be able to vote after they have finished with their sentence. This would help our country and the people in it, would allow wrongly convicted people to return to a mostly normal life, reduce the crime rate and stop the US from violating the fourteenth amendment. Those should be enough to convince anyone that felons should acquire their rights once again after they have served their
One reason felons should be able to vote when they get out of prison is because of racial discrimination. As many people know black people are wrongly accused of crimes …show more content…
The Felon Voting: Should Felons Be Allowed to Vote pro con video said, “Felons whose rights are restored are ⅔ less likely to return to prison.” That means that if felons get their rights back than the crime rate will go down, that is a great reason to give felons their rights back after prison.
The third and final reason felons should get their rights back after they finish their punishment is because permanently revoking someone's right(s) goes against the fourteenth amendment. In the fourteenth amendment it says, “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” That means that States aren’t allowed to make laws that remove any sort of privileges, voting is a privilege, so not allowing felons to vote is a crime in itself.
Felons should be able to vote after they have finished with their sentence. This would help our country and the people in it, would allow wrongly convicted people to return to a mostly normal life, reduce the crime rate and stop the US from violating the fourteenth amendment. Those should be enough to convince anyone that felons should acquire their rights once again after they have served their