On Apr 7, 2009, at 10:01 AM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
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> Here's a classic from Clarence Darrow on jails and crime .
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> http://www.bopsecrets.org/CF/darrow.htm
This clip from project vote <http://www.projectvote.org/index.php? id=190> represents an aspect of prison (imprisonment) that I find most offensive - disenfranchisement. It's gotten very little consideration in this thread.
"Policies on felony re-enfranchisement among the 50 states are so inconsistent as to create confusion among, not only those former offenders who wish to regain the right to vote, but also the very officials charged with implementing the laws. The result is a network of misinformation that discourages some legally eligible voters from registering to vote and places undue restrictions on others during the registration process. Former offenders who are unaware of their state’s restrictions may slip through, register, vote, and in doing so, unwittingly commit a new crime."
martin