Comments on: Protestors Call For Restoration Of Civil Rights For Convicted Criminals

By: troy perry

troy perry — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 03:05:01 +0000

I got in trouble in 89 . I was nineteen . End of my sentence was July of 93 . I havent been convicted of any crimes since . Other than speeding or seTbelt ticket. . Twenty five years . Im still paying . Even though my probation office told me i should of killed them , atleast id got something out of it . Yea , twenty years . But dont cry when my fellow felon robs you at gun point . Dont h old it against him . Prob doin what he has to do to survive . Who do you think makes up most of our high unemployment rate . Come on guess . Prob hard for ya . Its felons . Just something to think about .

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 17:25:41 +0000

Let ‘em vote while they’re still in prison.
The’ll have plenty of time to study the candidates.
It would be fun listening to candidates seeking their support.
Let them serve jury duty too, should eliminate prison overcrowding.
Besides, that would be a true jury of their peers.

By: CD

CD — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 04:38:04 +0000

Over and over we are hearing “everyone makes mistakes” and that is true. But these are crimes. Deliberate acts. Acts committed with no regard to their short or long term effects.
They were NOT mistakes!!!!! I’ve always viewed restoring civil rights to convicted felons with mixed emotions. If they have ‘done their time’ and made restitution and shown remorse for their actions maybe some their civil rights should be restored………but how far should this go?

By: Sandi Trusso

Sandi Trusso — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:38:57 +0000

I don’t have a problem with having them apply for reinstatement of voting rights after 5-10 years of not committing crimes. But when Crist decided to allow them to apply as they’re walking out of prison, despite the rate of repeat offenders, this is destructive. They have put the screws to us by committing the crime in the first place, and then to allow them to vote that quickly without knowing if they’re going to go right back and commit these crimes again, puts the screws to us again…. who wants criminals deciding who is going to represent us in government?

By: Bratt Mom

Bratt Mom — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:47:42 +0000

I do feel everyone deserves a second chance. Yes, we have people committing crimes because they were never taught the difference between right and wrong as they were growing upin the home could be a possibile contributing factor. At some point even if this is the case in your life, you can take and make responsible choices and decisions as easily as you once made some irresponsible choices and decisions. It is very possible that in the home your parents, foster parents, adoptive parents ( if one is that fortunate ) didn’t do as great of a job as you thought or think they should’ve, that they actually did or done the very best of their ability that they knew to do. It can go either way for us in life, it could’ve always been “WORSE,” but at some point we have to be that responsible citizen before irresponsible citizen when asking for “Privileged Rights” to be restored especially when we intentionally gave up that “Privileged Right” by our own actions. When we find ourselves in these positions in “LIFE”, we sometimes have to find ourselves approved or restore the “TRUST” of the “Judicial System” and many other people’s trust ( family, friends, etc.) also.

Quote, Author Unknown: “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard
battle.” Love one another as you love your ownself

By: Becky

Becky — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 23:40:25 +0000

Sorry, but once you commit a felony, REGARDLESS of time served, you gave up that right when you committed the crime.

By: Marie Russell-Barker

Marie Russell-Barker — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 23:13:52 +0000

Felonies are sentence by society they served that time with their lives in prisons they up held their duties to societ. These laws of taking away their rights as citizenship. Now society laws says you must pay us back for the rest of your life nojons no voting we are taking away your citizenship. Wrong Laws only makes these States that have these kind of laws look hard and mean citizens. We here in Illinois gives Felonies full citizenship once they have served their time we welcome them back into our communities with full citizen ship.

By: kma

kma — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:22:40 +0000

“Florida’s disenfranchisement rate is the highest in the country — with more than 10 percent of voting-age residents unable to cast ballots, including 23 percent of black Floridians.”

Sounds to me like this should be the concern, not whether they should be allowed to vote. The action needed is the one that will reduce this sad statistic.

By: Sandralea

Sandralea — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:52:21 +0000

I agree with them if they have served their time they should have their rights restored. We have become a nation that makes people pay forever for making a mistake. We used to let them serve their time and give them a clean slate to start over. And for those who are so UNFORGIVING I hope one of your children or your self does something to get arrested and see how the shoe fits!

By: Devastating Dave

Devastating Dave — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:37:36 +0000

Boo hoo hoo!

This is NOTHING compared to what they have done to their victims.