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Old 07-31-2005, 03:32 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by daswig
Felons shouldn't vote because that's part of the penalty of being convicted of a serious crime. And they are more likely to vote for a certain party because that certain party considers felons to be a valuable constituency and panders to them. That's how we ended up with people serving an average of seven years in prison for murder.
Can this statement be backed up with any supportable documentation? An average of seven years in prison might represent negligent homicide, but I doubt that it represents aggrevated homicide. Also, we might be going of the track off the topic's intention.
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