Kicking out capable troops while replacing them with ex-convicts is not a recipe for good order and discipline.

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So, in Virginia, where there are 216, 600 ex-convicts, only 404 had their vote restored in 1996 and 1997.

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Some believe that the upturn in the crime rate is directly linked to the number of unreformed ex-convicts on America's streets.

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Since January 25th only dangerous ex-convicts are placed on parole, and they only go back to prison if they commit new crimes.

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But when ex-convicts attempt to buy guns, they are hardly ever prosecuted.

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Khairat al-Shater, a Muslim Brotherhood strongman, could be barred under a provision that bans ex-convicts from running for political office, even if they received pardons and were jailed for political crimes.

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One long-term cost of America's love affair with incarceration will be a growing number of ex-convicts with even slimmer chances of finding a job than they had before they went to prison.

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