I agree but it’s important to differentiate between accused criminals and convicted criminals, and what specific diminution of rights we’re talking about. Obviously jury-convicted violent criminals probably will suffer a harsher restriction on their rights than someone accused but not yet convicted of a minor misdemeanor. There will probably be a spectrum of restrictions on rights.
Are there people calling for all rights to be suspended upon indictment? Maybe on the fringes.
I agree but it’s important to differentiate between accused criminals and convicted criminals, and what specific diminution of rights we’re talking about. Obviously jury-convicted violent criminals probably will suffer a harsher restriction on their rights than someone accused but not yet convicted of a minor misdemeanor. There will probably be a spectrum of restrictions on rights.
Are there people calling for all rights to be suspended upon indictment? Maybe on the fringes.
Cash bail is a suspension of rights for the poor upon arrest.
During the term of a sentence we suspend some rights and do not return them once someone has served their sentence.
If your nation has imprisoned enough people that allowing those prisoners to vote is a threat, you probably aren’t the good guys.