namedpipes
NES Member
Should a felon who's done their time, and then reoffends,
be entitled to the same sentence that a first-timer would receive for the same crime?
If not, then they must not have had all their "rights" restored.
My first reaction was, crap... he got me...
But I think Dennis made a good point. We have no "right" to a specified sentence other than "equal protection".
Obviously we have that. No white man receives a more lenient sentence than a black offender, for instance. And a police officer that breaks the law would receive the same sentence given the same circumstances as a non police officer.
That aside, prior offenses should bring into question whether you should have been let out in the first place.
ALL that aside, a "right" should never be removed because of a blanket "catch all" rule. If you want to strip a man of his right to vote you follow due process. A judge hears the reasoning and evidence and says, yeah, this d-bag should never again vote. Same with 2A, same with any other "rights" related issue.
Follow due process and (I believe) the Constitution will go along with it. The concept of a PP as we know it is NOT Constitutional.