I DISAGREE with the assumption behind the campaign to restore felons' right to vote. I think the real problem is that there are too many felonies. Felonies used to be serious crimes, involving a likelihood of capital punishment. Now pretty much any crime is likely to be a felony. I'm inclined to think that there ought to be sharp limits on making victimless crimes like simple drug possession felonies. We've experienced inflation in the criminal-law area, and the currency -- including the moral currency -- of the criminal law has been debased thereby.
