NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING IN SRI
LANKA.
THE FBI IS HELPING WITH THE
INVESTIGATION.> SENATOR
BERNIE SANDERS STIRRING UP
CONTROVERSY SAYINGALL CONVICTED
FELONS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO
VOTE.
THAT EVEN INCLUDES THE
BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER.
REPORTER: PRESIDENTIAL
HOPEFUL BERNIE SANDERS SAYS
EVERYONE EVEN CONVICTED FELONS
IN PRISON SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT
TO VOTE.
I THINK THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS
INHERENT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
YES, EVEN FOR TERRIBLE PEOPLE.
REPORTER: A STUDENT POSED
THE QUESTION DURING A TOWN HALL
LAST NIGHT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT PEOPLE
WHO COMMIT CRIMES ARE IN JAIL
AND ARE PAYING THE PRICE TO
SOCIETY AND THAT SHOULD NOT
TAKE THEIR RIGHT AWAY TO
PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY.
HIS CHALLENGERS ALSO GAVE THEIR
OPINIONS. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN
YOU ARE OUT AND HAVE SERVED
YOUR SENTENCE THEN PART OF
BEING RESTORED TO SOCIETY IS
THAT YOU ARE PART OF THE
POLITICAL LIFE OF THE NATION.
I HAVE BEEN LONG AN ADVOCATE
OF MAKING SURE THAT THE
FORMERLY INCARCERATED ARE NOT
DENIED A RIGHT TO VOTE.
PEOPLE WHO ARE CONVICTED IN
PRISON LIKE THE BOSTON MARATHON
BOMBER ON DEATH ROW, PEOPLE WHO
ARE CONVICTED OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO
VOTE?
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION.
SANDERS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT
