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(Whereupon, the amendment was seconded.)
THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment is seconded by Dele-
gate White. The Chair recognizes Delegate Lloyd Taylor
to speak to the amendment.
DELEGATE L. TAYLOR: Mr. Chairman and Fellow
Delegates;
This amendment is meant for the individual
who has the capacity to reform. It attempts to provide in
the Constitution a guideline for the General Assembly to
provide restoration of civil rights lost as incident to
the conviction of a crime, and, of course, we feel that
when a person is convicted of a crime and he serves his
time and he is paroled, we feel that the individual who
has the capacity to reform has the right to enjoy the same
civil rights as any other individual, if he has shown that
he can reform after a certain period of time.
The principle is not embodied in the Constitu-
tion, but it leaves it up to the General Assembly to for-
mulate the method by which the parolee or ex-convict can
gain his full civil rights.
This section number 8 on unusual punishments