State of Arkansas secondary Archives: on Crime

Frank Gilbert: Crimes of passion are not deterred by sentencing

A: Oppose. Crimes of passion are not deterred by sentencing. In economic "crimes," like prohibition, it only raises prices.

Mark Swaney: For most types of crime, we are over-punishing people

A: Stricter punishment may reduce certain crimes which are either not punished at all, or are very lightly punished, such as white collar crime, however, in most types of crime, we are already over-punishing people.

Mike Huckabee: Build more prisons, and privatize their management

Indicate which principles you support to address crime.
• Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring additional prison staff.
• Support contracting with private sector firms to build & manage state prisons.
• Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills.
• Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
• Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.

Nathan LaFrance: Stricter punishment reduces crime

A: Support