2022 MD Governor's race: on Crime
Ashwani Jain:
Ban the use of chokeholds; end the money-bail system
Right now there is a lack of trust between communities all around Maryland and our law enforcement professionals. This means we need to implement policing standards that will show our communities that officers who abuse their power can and will be
held accountable. This is why I want to listen to activists in their calls to ban the use of chokeholds and require de-escalation efforts in any confrontations and creating real consequences for officers that fail to live up to these standards.
We need to stop criminalizing poverty. I believe that we cannot end mass incarceration without first ending the money-bail system. I believe this is an ineffective, unfair, and racist way of approaching our prison system.
More often than not, the people most likely to spend time in jail awaiting trial are not the worst offenders, but the poorest ones.
Source: Medium.com posting on 2022 Maryland Gubernatorial race
May 14, 2021
Ashwani Jain:
Repeal prohibition of prosecution for marital sexual assault
The idea that rape or sexual assault, unwanted touching, forcible sex or anything else of that nature is okay because the parties are married is arcane and insulting. Unfortunately, there are some laws in place that
prevent the prosecution of a spouse committing these types of offenses against their partner. I believe we need to repeal these prohibitions.
Source: Medium.com posting on 2022 Maryland Gubernatorial race
May 14, 2021
Dan Cox:
Hold dangerous criminals accountable with stiff jail terms
From defending our Second Amendment and supporting the Thin Blue Line, to attacking crime and human trafficking by passing sweeping legislation to hold dangerous criminals accountable with stiff jail terms, to opposing the lockdowns and draconian
Executive Orders destroying businesses while illegally limiting safe and inexpensive healthcare remedies to the most vulnerable, Dan Cox has and is fighting for the rule of law in our State Government as an elected member of the House of Delegates.
Source: 2022 Maryland Governor campaign website CoxForFreedom.com
Apr 24, 2022
Dan Cox:
End police vaccine mandate and increase police pay
[On COVID vaccines]: "It's an honor to run to bring back sanity, to end the jabs for jobs, to end the mandates to make sure our police officers are not chased off the job by these jab mandates," said Cox. "What we're looking at is focused on ending
the mandates, restoring the constitution for every individual, making sure bodily integrity and medical health freedom is there for everyone, ending the government overreach, making sure our police are backed and protected. I'd like to double police pay.
Source: WJLA on 2022 Maryland Gubernatorial race
May 30, 2022
Doug Gansler:
Bring every police shooting to the grand jury
- Bring every police shooting to the grand jury. Accountability for police violence is vital for Black Marylanders. But as a former prosecutor, I know that prosecutors and police work closely, making justice harder to come by.
The Gansler Administration will mandate every police shooting be brought before a grand jury so that evidence of police shootings is always heard by a jury of our peers.
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Prioritize returning citizens' employment opportunities. The burden of prison should not extend to obtaining a job after incarceration. It is not only good for those returning from incarceration but for all of us, as employment reduces recidivism.
We must invest in obtaining employment for every single person coming out of prison.
Source: 2022 Maryland Gubernatorial campaign website DougGansler.com
Dec 29, 2021
Peter Franchot:
End all use of no-knock warrants
Franchot will support:- Ending all use of no-knock warrants
- Decertify any officer who was fired or resigned while under investigation for misconduct or excessive force
- Applying normal Public Information Act standards to all records on police
misconduct, use of force, and civilian complaints against police
- Expanding pending legislation that will create independent review of civilian deaths involving police, to include use-of-force incidents that result in hospitalization of civilians.
Source: 2022 Maryland Gubernatorial campaign website TK.com
Jul 19, 2021
Rushern Baker:
Key to public safety is healing underlying root causes
Experience tells us that the key to unlocking public safety is healing underlying root causes and creating unique approaches tailored to the specific needs of each jurisdiction. The Transforming Maryland Initiative (TMI) is our answer.
However, we also know a crisis when we see one, and that's exactly what is happening in Baltimore with the killing of mostly young, Black men. This will end with our administration.
Source: 2022 Maryland Governor campaign website RushernBaker.com
Jun 24, 2022
Wes Moore:
Remove barriers to state aid for those with criminal records
- Remove barriers to state financial aid for individuals with criminal records
- Grow the Apprenticeship for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Pilot Program in both number of locations and funding
- Better align prison education and re-entry
programs to the University System of Maryland, using the Second Chance College Program as a blueprint
- Implement clean slate initiatives and expungement mechanisms to ensure that low-level nonviolent offenses do not become life sentences
Source: 2022 Maryland Gubernatorial campaign website WesMoore.com
Jul 24, 2022
Larry Hogan:
Losing faith in our justice system a really serious problem
First, we had the left talking about defunding the police and attacking police officers, and now we have the right saying defund these federal law enforcement officers. And it's absurd. It's dangerous because we saw the
one incident already, but there are threats all over the place.Losing faith in our federal law enforcement officers and our justice system is a really serious problem for the county.
Source: ABC This Week on 2022 Maryland Gubernatorial race
Aug 28, 2022
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