A convicted rapist gets let out of jail, his incarceration period is over. Has he really repaid his debt to society? Not in my view. Not ever. Ask his victims. I don’t want the thug vote in our system. “What could possibly go wrong?” comes to mind.
Non violent offenders, fine, with an exception. Nobody that violates a voting law at felony level ever gets to vote again either. They worked to undermine the system they can be spectators from then on.
A democracy needs to be open like an open mind. Not so open the brains fall out.