Positions and Views of Ralph Nader
on Crime
| Previous Candidate for U.S. President, U.S. President |
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Independent |
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53 Hillside Ave.
Winsted CT 06098 |
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| Crime |
Positions and Views |
| Reducing Crime |
We need to get smart on preventing crime, invest in education, rehabilitation and restore safe neighborhoods and communities. The United States prison binge has resulted in over 2 million people being incarcerated -- the US now holds one out of four of the world's prisoners, half of them non-violent. To reverse this we need to invest in humane treatment, personal involvement of youngsters, and job creation. We need to restore sentencing discretion to judges by repealing mandatory sentences and arbitrary "three-strikes" laws. We also need to restore due process, judicial discretion and constitutional restraints on law enforcement that violate equal protection and due process of law.
Source: Candidate Website (10/04/2008) |
| These are available issue topics for which there were no responses. |
| Crime, a General Statement |
| Rehabilitation |
| Recidivism |
| Neighborhood Crime |
| Youth and Gang Crime |
| Identity Theft |
| Hate Crime |
| Sex-related Crimes |
| Crimes Against Children |
| Violence Against Women |
| Child Abuse And Neglect |
| Human Trafficking |
| Corporate Crime |
| Victimless Crimes |
| Non-Violent Crime |
| Domestic Violence |
| Rape |
| Corporate Fraud |
| Police & FBI Agents |