Amid the debate on ex-felons and voting rights, pro wrestler Hassan “MVP” Assad, who served 9 years in prison, tells smerconish: “We need to have a conversation in our society that changes the way we look at people who have been to prison.”
Washington The Republican-controlled Florida House passed a bill Wednesday that would restore voting rights for ex-felons on the condition that they first pay all fees, fines and court costs before they can head to the polls.
While Republicans say the fees are part of an ex-felon's sentence and are thus obligatory, Democrats and opponents of the bill argue that the measure disenfranchises felons from voting and ignores the will of over 5 million Floridians who supported the statewide referendum.
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