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| Mar 21 2007, 8:36 PM EDT (current) | eserna | 5 words added, 3 words deleted |
| Mar 17 2007, 9:26 PM EDT | eserna | 4 words added, 2 words deleted |
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Co-sponsor Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania (R) presented the amendment as not only an issue of justice, but also one of national security:
"I think [ex-felons] are entitled to vote, to have their civil rights restored, and it could be very significant in reintegrating these people into society, saying to them: You have paid your debt; we recognize you as a law-abiding citizen; you have a duty to remain a law-abiding citizen; we will try to assist on the rehabilitation, try to avoid your repeating a crime, a recidivist, and this is reintegration into society" (148(U.S. Cong.Senate Rec.Congressional Record 2002, S805, emphasis added).
"I think [ex-felons] are entitled to vote, to have their civil rights restored, and it could be very significant in reintegrating these people into society, saying to them: You have paid your debt; we recognize you as a law-abiding citizen; you have a duty to remain a law-abiding citizen; we will try to assist on the rehabilitation, try to avoid your repeating a crime, a recidivist, and this is reintegration into society" (148(U.S. Cong.Senate Rec.Congressional Record 2002, S805, emphasis added).
