Project 2025: The 2025 Presidential Transition Project: on Crime

Heritage Foundation: Enforce death penalty and pursue more cases

Enforce the death penalty where appropriate and applicable. Capital punishment is a sensitive matter, as it should be, but the current crime wave makes deterrence vital at the federal, state, and local levels. However, providing this punishment without ever enforcing it provides justice neither for the victims' families nor for the defendant. The next conservative Administration should therefore do everything possible to obtain finality for the 44 prisoners currently on federal death row. It should also pursue the death penalty for applicable crimes--particularly heinous crimes involving violence and sexual abuse of children--until Congress says otherwise through legislation. Source: Project 2025, by the Heritage Foundation, p.554 Apr 1, 2023

Heritage Foundation: Refocus out-of-control FBI on actual threats and crime

The FBI was founded in 1908 to "tackle national crime and security issues" [and the FBI should renew its focus on violent crime]. Revelations regarding the FBI's role in the Russia hoax of 2016, Big Tech collusion, and suppression of Hunter Biden's laptop in 2020 strongly suggest that the FBI is completely out of control. The next conservative Administration should:

Conduct an immediate, comprehensive review of all major active FBI investigations and terminate any that are unlawful or contrary to the national interest.
Prohibit the FBI from engaging in activities related to combating the spread of so-called misinformation and disinformation by Americans who are not tied to any plausible criminal activity.
Streamline the non-law enforcement functions within the FBI, and obtain those services from other offices.
Emphasize, fund, and reward field offices while shrinking headquarters staff.
Eliminate the 10-year term for the Director.

Source: Project 2025, by the Heritage Foundation, p.549-51 Apr 1, 2023

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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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