Doug HollandTennessee makes it nearly impossible for people with felony convictions to vote
MomoTimeToDieGood. Criminals deserve less
pakratYou do realize, this is a classic Jim Crow technique to surpress votes from those you don’t want to vote. For exampl, you could make it a felony to be late for a rent but then the county only choses to prosecute people of color, but gives “grace” to white tenants.
See also: the war on drugs
comment deletionYou might need to dumb it down a bit further 😅
I’m guessing they do realize it, hence the fervent support of the practice.
VinegarCareful, there's very little that separates you from those you wish to disenfranchise.
You might want to check out Anthony Ray Hinton's The Sun Does Shine for a memoir of what it's like to be sentenced to prison for nearly 30 years all because your friend was mad at you over a girl.
There's also the case of Crystal Mason who's in prison, right now, despite comitting no crime.
Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice by Pulitzer prize winner Tony Messenger is a more comprehensive book, but one that I think every US citizen should read before defending the status quo.
Careful, there’s very little that separates you from those you wish to disenfranchise
A felony conviction is “very little” to you?
Yes. A superficial search yielded this article citing the American Bar Association as stating 98% of federal criminal cases end in a plea bargain - confession in exchange for a lesser sentence.
Many solid defenses never go to trial because the accused does not have the resources to fight the charge. Many of those individuals who plea guilty will lose their right to vote. The books cited in my previous comment provide more compelling statistics and case studies showing that any one of us can easily find ourselves in trouble with the law, in over our heads, and eager to take the path of least resistance back to a "normal" life.