alihaig
Active Member
It wouldn't be double punishment if you knew when you did the crime/got sentenced that you would lose the vote.
Everything needs to be in proportion, sure if you are only locked up for a short period, for a relatively minor offence then you should be allowed to vote in future, but murders/rapists coming out of long sentences... then I'm not so sure. In the case of your 19 year old in a drunken fight, I would question first whether a 12 month prison sentence is really the most appropriate punishment. For every teenage prisoner who comes out a reformed man there are probably 10 who simply either give up or for whatever reason are just pushed further into the cycle of criminality. Right now I can't think of an alternative off the top of my head, but there must be one.
I apologise if my language comes across as reactionary as you suggest, I am simply speaking my mind and it is not always possible to get across exactly my meaning/thoughts/subtlety whatever in text on an internet forum.
Everything needs to be in proportion, sure if you are only locked up for a short period, for a relatively minor offence then you should be allowed to vote in future, but murders/rapists coming out of long sentences... then I'm not so sure. In the case of your 19 year old in a drunken fight, I would question first whether a 12 month prison sentence is really the most appropriate punishment. For every teenage prisoner who comes out a reformed man there are probably 10 who simply either give up or for whatever reason are just pushed further into the cycle of criminality. Right now I can't think of an alternative off the top of my head, but there must be one.
I apologise if my language comes across as reactionary as you suggest, I am simply speaking my mind and it is not always possible to get across exactly my meaning/thoughts/subtlety whatever in text on an internet forum.