Should criminals vote? In the United States, 2.2 million citizens are incarcerated for crime. U.S. laws prohibit felons from voting. As a result, on Election Day, 5.3 million American citizens are disenfranchised due to crimes they once committed. Although they broke the law, they served their sentences and were adequately punished in accordance with the American justice system. Criminals should regain all their voting rights after their stay in prison. Most politicians argue that because a criminal has committed a crime, his judgment can no longer be trusted. Some believe they gave up their civil liberties when they chose to commit a crime. However, with the exception of children and the mentally handicapped, people who have to live with the consequences of an election should have their opinions taken into account. Convicts lose their civil rights while incarcerated. Others, in favor of felons regaining their right to vote, argued that if they truly could not be trusted to change, they should never be released from prison. Although they lost their civil liberties,...