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Convicted felons civil right to vote after incarceration restoration.
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<blockquote data-quote="Nimnim" data-source="post: 1543651" data-attributes="member: 28856"><p>This can be a real conundrum given that a felony in one state could be a misdemeanor or somehow completely legal in another. I'd say voting a few years after full sentence served, parole still have to wait until the sentence would have been served but since they were paroled able at that point. Since felons are restricted with other things, like gun ownership and jury service as mentioned a few posts above I'd say those would depend on what the felony was. You wouldn't want someone who was convicted of armed robbery and murder to be able to own a gun, but someone who has committed a non violent felony should be able to at least after a restricted period upon release. I don't think someone who just got out of jail after serving a felony term for say multiple duis with no injury to others should be able to get a gun the same day, but perhaps a year later with no other criminal issues they can start the process to get one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nimnim, post: 1543651, member: 28856"] This can be a real conundrum given that a felony in one state could be a misdemeanor or somehow completely legal in another. I'd say voting a few years after full sentence served, parole still have to wait until the sentence would have been served but since they were paroled able at that point. Since felons are restricted with other things, like gun ownership and jury service as mentioned a few posts above I'd say those would depend on what the felony was. You wouldn't want someone who was convicted of armed robbery and murder to be able to own a gun, but someone who has committed a non violent felony should be able to at least after a restricted period upon release. I don't think someone who just got out of jail after serving a felony term for say multiple duis with no injury to others should be able to get a gun the same day, but perhaps a year later with no other criminal issues they can start the process to get one. [/QUOTE]
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