Advantages And Disadvantages
Following are some of the advantages and disadvantages of restricting offender’s rights post-conviction.
Advantages
- A better man in the society now.
- Improved personality.
- Taken as an example of a man who served his sentence and becomes changed.
- If treated well in prison, it can become a source of information about others who commit crimes.
Disadvantages
- He or she loses the right to become the elector and cannot vote either. Thirty-five states of America prohibit offenders from casting a vote (Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in The United States, 2014).
- He or she Loses the right to have the firearm.
- He or she loses the chance of getting a job (Laird, 2013).
- A felony is not eligible to be listed in the US Armed Forces.
- Some licenses and permits that a felony has before the crime will not be entertained after becoming a felony (Legal Article).
All the restriction that the government imposes on felons reduces the chances of a felony to cope with the behaviour of society and become a productive citizen. Limit on not giving a job to the offender is one of the most important restrictions. After serving a sentence, one would try to look for survival in the society, if he or she will not get any job consequences will change as well. It could be possible that he or she will return to the same track of life on which he or she found guilt and put the lives of others in danger. I think this restriction should be eliminated. Other limits should stay restricted, but providing job opportunities will be a step that will change the lives of criminals.
References
Laird, L. (2013). Ex-offenders face tens of thousands of legal restrictions, bias, and limits on their rights. Retrieved from http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/ex-offenders_face_tens_of_thousands_of_legal_restrictions
Legal Article: Consequences of a Federal Felony Conviction. (2018). Smithkramerlaw.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018, from http://www.smithkramerlaw.com/Article_Consequences-of-a-Federal-Felony-Conviction.asp.
Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in The United States. (2014). Retrieved from https://www.sentencingproject.org/publications/felony-disenfranchisement-laws-in-the-united-states/
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