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> Some people should not have a voice in society - like raping murderers.

But why? If murderers should be disenfranchised then why not jaywalkers? People who leave the shopping carts in the middle of a parking lot? I would like to see people who have car alarms but don't shut them off for over five minutes be disenfranchised as well. Where does this end?

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> If murderers should be disenfranchised then why not jaywalkers?

Presumably they are, if they're incarcerated. I don't see why the crime of the person should matter. What do people think they're going to vote for, a rape and murder party?

Being incarcerated is the punishment; denying the vote is just cheap populism, being seen to be 'tough on crime', with the added benefit (for politicians) that if prisoners have no vote there's no incentive to treat them humanely.

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