Editor 's note : A nationally syndicated columnist , Roland S. Martin is the author of `` Listening to the Spirit Within : 50 Perspectives on Faith '' and `` Speak , Brother ! A Black Man 's View of America . '' Visit his Web site for more information . He is host of `` No Bias , No Bull '' at 8 p.m . ET on CNN while Campbell Brown is on maternity leave . Roland Martin says Michael Vick has served his sentence and should be allowed back on the field . ( CNN ) -- When Michael Vick completes home confinement in July , he will have served the 23-month prison sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to federal dogfighting charges . After his release from a Kansas prison Wednesday , he headed to his home in Virginia to serve the final two months under home confinement , because all the beds at halfway houses in the area are taken . But that has n't deterred the Vick haters who are still in an uproar over the heinous details of his dogfighting kennel . Yes , reading the details of the treatment of the dogs , including the killing of some of them , could make anyone sick . Yet what 's the point of sentencing someone to jail , then having them serve their time and be released if we still want to imprison them for the rest of their lives ? Frankly , I 'm sick of Americans who talk all day about `` do the crime , then do the time , '' then still want to treat a man like a criminal when he gets out of prison . This does n't just apply to Michael Vick . Look at all the individuals who are sent to prison , get out and then ca n't find a job . Why ? Because they have the Scarlet Letter on their record , which is a big fat `` F '' for felon . Do n't think I 'm looking for any sympathy for someone who goes to jail . I firmly believe that you deserve all that you get for breaking the law . But listening to some of these zealots go on and on and on about Vick needing to continue to be punished is ridiculous ! The judge in Vick 's case has imposed a number of restrictions . One of them is that he ca n't ever own a dog again . OK , gotcha . But to say the man should n't be allowed to play in the NFL is D-U-M-B . The crimes of which he was convicted had nothing to do with playing sports . Remember Wall Street star Michael Milken ? When he was sent to jail for securities fraud , he was banned from working on Wall Street again . I get that . He was an insider and allowing him back into the financial game would have been atrocious . I get it when someone is convicted of molesting children that they ca n't live within a certain distance of a school or be left alone around children when released . But there is nothing related to Vick 's crime that says he should not be allowed to play professional football . What is particularly galling is that , right now , you have any number of football players who have beaten people -- including their wives and girlfriends -- served time for drunk driving or committed other crimes , yet they have resumed their careers . The same goes for teachers , radio and television broadcasters , politicians and others . So is this any different because it involved dogs ? Are we to say that the horrible treatment of dogs is vastly different than mistreatment of human beings ? The critics will likely say , `` These men are role models . Kids look up to them . They should have no business on the field . '' Yet some of these same kids are living with fathers and mothers who are felons . So are we supposed to remove them from the home as well ? Enough with the public bullying . Vick was sentenced and served his time . And now he 's gotten out . If you want to be angry with him , fine . But please , cut the sanctimonious crap . He deserves to make amends and get on with his life . If you were in his shoes , you would want to do the same . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Roland Martin .
Roland Martin : By July , Michael Vick will have finished his 23-month sentence . He is now free to play football again and the NFL has no reason not to let him do so. He says the crime is n't connected to his career as a football player . Martin : We have to allow people who have served time to work productively .