THE GUARDIAN,
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/16/votes-prisoners-supreme-court-rejects-appeal
This news talks about two prisoners, Peter Chester (England) and George McGeoch (Scotland), who’s
right to vote was denied by the Supreme Court.
Both Peter Chester and George McGeoch are serving life, which the Supreme Court considers that is a too
long conviction to even think about the opportunity of allowing them to vote.
David
Cameron, the prime minister, said that “The supreme court judgment on prisoner
voting is a great victory for common sense.", however, some other people
appeal that not allowing them to vote is against the Human Rights.
The
Supreme Court has came to the conclusion that, once you are inside jail, your
right to vote (not in every situation, but many of them) is taken along with
your liberty.
OPINION
In this matter, we are not quite sure about our opinions.
In one hand, prisoners are in jail for a very strong reason, so
it’s understandable that the Supreme Court (and almost everybody) believe that
it’s not right to let them vote, but in the other hand it goes against the
Human Rights, and being a prisoner doesn’t mean stop being a human.
Therefore we’ve thought that it’s need a canon to establish when a
prisoner should have the right to vote or be banned from, it depending on his
crime and conviction.
Peter Chester
George McGeoch