"Bo Raxo" <crimenewscenter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> "Reality_Check©" <Reality@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> "Bo Raxo" <crimenewscenter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> "Reality_Check©" <Reality@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So back to the question you continually evade -- Why should
>>>> any punishment for a crime extend *beyond* the sentence imposed
>>>> by the court for that crime?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Because society has an interest in preventing harm, thus protecting
our
>>> rights to life, liberty, and property. Banning certain *** offenders
>>> from areas where children congregate, for example. If someone had a
>>> history of stealing airplanes, banning them from airfields. If
someone
>>> has a history of burglary, forbid them from having tools that could be
>>> used to commit a burglary. If someone is violent when they don't take
>>> their meds, make taking their meds a condition of not having to live
in
>>> a locked mental ward.
>>
>> So what rational relation****p does denying the RTKBA for life have
>> with ANY/EVERY Felony and some Misdemeanors, eh ?
>>
>
> A demonstrated willingness to commit a serious crime.
Really? Do tell.
And how does EVERY ex-Felon and some ex-Misdemeanants endanger
your "right to life, liberty, and property" , especially years/decades
after
the sentence imposed by the court has been discharged?
>
>> And how does denying the Right to Vote, *beyond* the term
>> of the sentence imposed protect *your* "rights to life, liberty and
>> property" ?
>>
>
> It doesn't, it's a form of punishment.
So, back to the question --
Why should any punishment for a crime extend *beyond* the sentence imposed
by the court for that crime?
> Personally, I don't agree with it, I'm even willing to consider
allowing
> inmates to vote while in prison. They are still citizens, and I don't
> like playng games wtih voting rights.
But you don't mind playing games with other rights, like the RTKBA, even
after
the termination of the sentence imposed by the court, eh?
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