[rolltiide]

Well pedophiles and rapists arent all given life sentences in the US system, it varies greatly

So which part do you disagree with? That prisoners can vote?

[kazen44]

the fact that prisoners cannot vote seems bizarre to me. This seems like a massive tool to prevent your political opponents from voting.

[rolltiide]

Yeah both the 13th and 14th amendments let states create arbitrary conditions for voting for state and federal issues. The only carveout being to prove that its a racially motivated condition and most of the states have matter of fact prisoner disenfranchisement that existed long before any correlation with race, so there isnt currently a challenge except for individual legislatures to make new laws.

[rofo1]

I find that unbearable and senseless, doesn't matter who does it.

Certain people need to be excluded from the society and there is nothing wrong with it. Why do we insist otherwise?

How did we manage to convince ourselves that is "more humane"?

[rolltiide]

When the prison population got too big and ensnaring prisoners became too efficient

It is undermining the productivity of our society when we have such a large marginalized population that is unemployed and desperate