If so, then why?

  • jj4211@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Keep in mind that the founding fathers were guilty of what would have been considered a lot of grave crimes by England, which was formerly the jurisdiction that applied to them.

    So they probably wouldn’t have had a huge appetite for blocking political rights of criminals given their recent standing.