Letters,
Criminal
Jul. 10, 2019
Support for giving parolees the right to vote is misguided
Chesa Boudin, who is running to be San Francisco’s next district attorney, says he supports restoring parolee voting rights to end “a practice that makes second-class citizens of people who have paid their debt to society.” This assertion takes a series of arguments and assumptions that don’t belong together and packages them in a way that is plainly disingenuous.
Marc Debbaudt
Deputy District Attorney
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
Email: mdebbaudt@da.lacounty.gov
Marc is president emeritus of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys.
Chesa Boudin, who is running to be San Francisco's next district attorney, says he supports restoring parolee voting rights to end "a practice that makes second-class citizens of people who have paid their debt to society." ("End Racist Voter Suppression and Restore the Right to Vote," July 8). This assertion takes a series of arguments and assumptions...
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