The New Republic: on Crime


Deval Patrick: Wrote letters to parole board for convicted rapist

Patrick had written two letters to the Massachusetts parole board seeking the release of Benjamin LaGuer, a convicted rapist serving a life sentence. The Globe subsequently reported that Patrick had helped pay for DNA tests LaGuer claimed would exonerate him (they didn't). "I have never met Mr. LaGuer in person," Patrick wrote in one letter. "But, thanks to a lively exchange of correspondence over the years, I do feel I know him."
Source: The New Republic on 2020 presidential hopefuls Nov 6, 2006

Deval Patrick: I don't need to be lectured about crime

Patrick did something that Democrats branded as "soft on crime" seldom do: He faced the attacks head-on. "I'm the only one in this race who's actually ever sent anyone to prison," he practically shouted. "Let's talk about crime," he continued. "I've been a victim of crime. You can't grow up in a place like the South Side of Chicago without understanding the impact--on families, on communities--of crime. I don't need to be lectured to about crime."
Source: The New Republic on 2020 presidential hopefuls Nov 6, 2006

Justin Amash: Introduced legislation to end federal death penalty

He announced on Twitter that he was introducing legislation to prohibit the federal death penalty, after the Department of Justice announced that it would end an unofficial moratorium on federal executions that had been in place for two decades.
Source: The New Republic magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 29, 2019

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2016 Presidential contenders on Crime:
  Republicans:
Gov.Jeb Bush(FL)
Dr.Ben Carson(MD)
Gov.Chris Christie(NJ)
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX)
Carly Fiorina(CA)
Gov.Jim Gilmore(VA)
Sen.Lindsey Graham(SC)
Gov.Mike Huckabee(AR)
Gov.Bobby Jindal(LA)
Gov.John Kasich(OH)
Gov.Sarah Palin(AK)
Gov.George Pataki(NY)
Sen.Rand Paul(KY)
Gov.Rick Perry(TX)
Sen.Rob Portman(OH)
Sen.Marco Rubio(FL)
Sen.Rick Santorum(PA)
Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Scott Walker(WI) 		Democrats:
Gov.Lincoln Chafee(RI)
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

2016 Third Party Candidates:
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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