LEGALST 160 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Felony Disenfranchisement, Sentencing Project
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Voting behind bars: an argument for voting by prisoners. Voting of each and every citizen is a badge of dignity and personhood. South africa won independency and then discussed the issues of voting rights for prisoners and what is the meaning of democracy. Us views prisoners rights as an alien concept. Discuss giving voting rights to prisoners after completing a felony sentences or offenders who are on probation or parole. Nation was founded as an experiment in democracy but a limited experiment. Wealthy white male granted themselves the right to vote even though they only represented 6% of the population. Felony disenfranchisement laws are established by the states. 5. 3 million people are ineligible to vote as a result of a current or previous felony conviction. 38% of the total disenfranchised population is african american (2 million aa are ineligible to vote) 1997- the sentencing project estimated 3. 2 million, result more than.
