Are either of you willing to put your money where your mouth is, so to speak, and funding the required appeals for released felons? I am pretty sure most of them are not, and more than likely never will be, able to fund such an endeavor themselves.
I believe if they are safe enough to have on the street they should have full reinstatement of all rights.
No. My mouth was never anywhere close to paying released felons to petition the court. They got themselves into those restrictions, let them bare the burden of getting them lifted. Yes, tough to be a felon.
I believe if they are safe enough to have on the street they should have full reinstatement of all rights.
I don't. All convicted felons should be on lifetime parole, which the firearm and voting restrictions are. You can make a logical case for not treating all felonies the same, but I totally reject the notion that a person released from prison must be automatically reconstituted a full citizen.