The Problem of Habitual Offender Laws in States with Felony Disenfranchisement
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (2023)
Habitual offender laws operate to increase the sentence of an individual if that person already has a felony conviction. Many people with felony convictions cannot vote or run for office, due to felony disenfranchisement laws. Thus, habitual offender laws target a formally disenfranchised group—people with felony convictions. That creates an archetypal political...
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