Re:Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump
by twic on Friday March 31, 2023 @03:22PM
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FWIW, in the UK:
* Prisoners can't vote; however, a court decided under the Human Rights Act that they should be allowed to, but so far the government has ignored this
* Once released, ex-prisoners can vote as usual
* Many convictions are "spent" after a certain amount of time [1], meaning that after that you don't need to disclose them when applying for a job etc (but nothing resulting in a prison sentence of four years or more, and there are some cases where you still have to disclose them)
As far as i know, nobody thinks any of this is a problem.
* Prisoners can't vote; however, a court decided under the Human Rights Act that they should be allowed to, but so far the government has ignored this
* Once released, ex-prisoners can vote as usual
* Many convictions are "spent" after a certain amount of time [1], meaning that after that you don't need to disclose them when applying for a job etc (but nothing resulting in a prison sentence of four years or more, and there are some cases where you still have to disclose them)
As far as i know, nobody thinks any of this is a problem.
[1] https://unlock.org.uk/advice/spentposter/