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Baron Hill on Crime

Former Democratic Representative (IN-9)


Prefers life sentence to death penalty

I prefer that criminals who commit murders receive a life sentence rather than the death penalty. We need to make sure, however, that life imprisonment means life imprisonment. People who commit terrible crimes deserve to be locked away forever, with absolutely no opportunity for parole.
Source: 2006 Congressional National Political Awareness Test Nov 7, 2006

Life imprisonment must mean life imprisonment, forever

I prefer that criminals who commit murders receive a life sentence rather than the death penalty. We need to make sure, however, that life imprisonment means life imprisonment. People who commit terrible crimes deserve to be locked away forever, with absolutely no opportunity for parole.
Source: 2006 Congressional National Political Awareness Test Nov 7, 2006

Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons.

Vote on an amendment that would reduce the funding for violent offender imprisonment by and truth-in-sentencing programs by $61 million. The measure would increase funding for Boys and Girls Clubs and drug courts by the same amount.
Reference: Amendment sponsored by Scott, D-VA; Bill HR 4690 ; vote number 2000-317 on Jun 22, 2000

Voted YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime.

Vote to pass a bill to appropriate $1.5 billion to all of the states that want to improve their juvenile justice operations. Among other provisions this bill includes funding for development, implementation, and administration of graduated sanctions for juvenile offenders, funds for building, expanding, or renovating juvenile corrections facilities, hiring juvenile judges, probation officers, and additional prosecutors for juvenile cases.
Reference: Bill introduced by McCollum, R-FL; Bill HR 1501 ; vote number 1999-233 on Jun 17, 1999

Rated 30% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes.

Hill scores 30% by CURE on rehabilitation issues

CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants) is a membership organization of families of prisoners, prisoners, former prisoners and other concerned citizens. CURE's two goals are

  1. to use prisons only for those who have to be in them; and
  2. for those who have to be in them, to provide them all the rehabilitative opportunities they need to turn their lives around.
The ratings indicate the legislator’s percentage score on CURE’s preferred votes.
Source: CURE website 00n-CURE on Dec 31, 2000

Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program.

Hill co-sponsored increasing funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program

COPS Improvements Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make grants for public safety and community policing programs (COPS ON THE BEAT or COPS program). Revises grant purposes to provide for:

  1. the hiring o Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to:
  2. assign community prosecutors to handle cases from specific geographic areas and address counterterrorism problems, specific violent crime problems, and localized violent and other crime problems; and
    Source: COPS Improvements Act (S.368/H.R.1700) 07-S368 on Jan 23, 2007

    Other candidates on Crime: Baron Hill on other issues:
    IN Gubernatorial:
    Mitch Daniels
    IN Senatorial:
    Evan Bayh
    Richard Lugar

    Democratic retirements
    & special elections:
    D,AL-5:Cramer
    D,CA-12:Lantos
    D,CO-2:Udall
    D,IN-7:Carson
    D,NY-21:McNulty
    D,ME-1:Allen
    D,MD-4:Wynn
    D,NM-3:Udall
    D,OR-5:Hooley

    Republican special elections:
    R,IL-14:Hastert
    R,LA-1:Jindal
    R,LA-6:Baker
    R,MS-1:Wicker
    R,OH-5:Gillmor     		Republican retirements:
    R,AL-2:Everett
    R,AZ-1:Renzi
    R,CA-4:Doolittle
    R,CA-52:Hunter
    R,CO-6:Tancredo
    R,FL-15:Weldon
    R,IL-11:Weller
    R,IL-18:LaHood
    R,KY-2:Lewis
    R,LA-4:McCrery
    R,MD-1:Gilchrest
    R,MN-3:Ramstad
    R,MO-9:Hulshof
    R,MS-3:Pickering
    R,NJ-3:Saxton
    R,NJ-7:Ferguson
    R,NM-1:Wilson
    R,NM-2:Pearce
    R,NY-13:Fossella
    R,NY-25:Walsh
    R,NY-26:Reynolds
    R,OH-7:Hobson
    R,OH-15:Pryce
    R,OH-16:Regula
    R,PA-5:Peterson
    R,VA-11:Davis
    R,WY-0:Cubin     		Abortion
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