Carl Sheeler on Crime Democratic Senate Challenger

Life imprisonment instead of death penalty

A: Oppose. Life imprisonment at hard labor with no possibility of parole is worse than death.

Opposes mandatory Three Strikes sentencing

A: Oppose. [This policy] requires revision for judicial determination to ensure excessive incarcerations are a counter-productive cost to society.

End parole for repeat violent offenders

Indicate which principles you support regarding crime.
• Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
• Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
• End parole for repeat violent offenders.
• Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
• Increase state funding for social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.