Their spouses did not commit crimes. Their spouses still have the right to have a family with the people they married. It's not so much about giving perks to the felons as it is not removing rights from someone else.

My beef has always been "You murdered those people. That was wrong, so we're going to murder you. But, like, it's cool when we do it."

Carol Burnett went out of her way to hire someone who was basically a younger prettier version of herself (Vicki Lawrence)