Felons Persuasive Speeches

Imagine that you and your loved one were going out on a typical Sunday night walk. All of a sudden, you hear a deafening sound of a gunshot and you look to see that your loved one had fallen down, and is on the ground, bleeding profusely and is in helpless pain. The felon probably wouldn’t care what happened, and they wouldn’t think much of it. They would only think of it as just that they killed another person. However, the victim’s family wouldn’t let this pass. They would remember this night and be in pain for the rest of their lives. Allowing felons to vote should not be something that is allowed. How would everyone feel if there was a felon that committed gruesome crimes and impacted so many people’s lives in a negative way, that would

be allowed to vote and take control and stand up for what they want in the country? Felon voting should be banned because of the victims they affected, the laws that they broke, and the negative effects they created on this country.
The first reason why felons should not be able to vote is that felons have changed many people’s lives in a bad, sick, and horrible way.

They have committed gruesome crimes that people can not obliterate and just forget about. What atrocity the felons did would haunt them forever. It will never go away. The families of some victims have spoken out to the world. They say that they felt like they had just been stabbed in the back and a lump was created in their heart when they found out that their loved one had just been murdered, or raped, even when they get robbed. Even months and years after the incident, they still feel troubled. (“Homicide”) On the other hand, the felon wouldn’t care about the victim or their family. They just think about how if they get caught, they will go to jail. They couldn’t care less about the people who he affected. In order to vote, you can not be selfish like this, you need to be considerate and selfless. (Clegg, Roger) Some individuals say that once the felons go in jail, they would have time to think about what they did wrong and that they won’t do it anymore. However, 46% of felons that have been released from prison had returned because they did another horrible crime in 2016. ("Percent of Released Prisoners Returning to Incarceration") This just shows that even though the felons are being put into prison, they aren’t changing their mind about committing crimes, instead, they keep on doing them. Even if it means going back to

prison.
Aside from the victims the felons have affected, the laws that the felons broke are unacceptable.

Why should felons, the ones who break laws, be the ones to decide which new ones should be made? It makes no sense. Voting is something that needs to be earned. It isn’t a right, it’s a privilege. (Clegg, Roger) Children, the mentally incompetent, and non-citizens aren’t allowed to vote. Why? Because people don’t trust their judgment. So if you can’t trust any children or non-citizens, why would you trust felons who have done so much wrong for the country? (“Top 10 Pros and Cons”) Felons have no excuse for what they did and they should be punished because of the horrible crime they committed. If committed burglary, rape, or murder, some people believe that they should be put on the death penalty rather than just being in jail. People believe that the felons are still thinking about doing those horrible things to make themselves feel better. The feeling never goes away, meaning that people still feel that the felons are thinking about committing more crimes. (Tucker,

William)