ADM JUS 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Day-Fine, Rescission, Moral Turpitude
12 May 2020
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Strangeness of re-entry: unfamiliar world, friends, relationships, new decisions. Unmet personal needs: money, job, education. Barriers to success: close monitoring, civil disabilities, job impediments. Prisoner reentry-and-return has implications beyond criminal justice: for civic participation, for families and children, we go into more detail on each in next slides. Civil disabilities disenfranchisement: right to vote, majority states return the right after some period, minority of states permanently disenfranchise felonies, since 1997, 24 states have modified laws to expand eligibility and/or. Civil disabilities disenfranchisement affects large numbers inform individuals of their right to vote: over 6 million people in the country not able to vote (1 million in 1970, population has grown however. All but maine and vermont restrict voting rights. Civil disabilities continued: right to hold public office, return the right after discharge from all forms of custody, permanently restrict the right, other rights variously restricted. Jury service: holding position of public trust (e. g. , most government jobs)
