Barack Obama on Crime
• Job training for ex-offenders, to avoid return to crime. (Jul 2008)
• Reduce recidivism by providing ex-offender supports. (Feb 2008)
• Ban racial profiling & eliminate disparities in sentencing. (Feb 2008)
• Have a civil rights division enforce laws fairly and justly. (Jan 2008)
• GovWatch: No, more young black men in college than in prison. (Jan 2008)
• Lack of enforcement sets tone for more hate crimes. (Dec 2007)
• Legislated protecting police detainees during interrogation. (Nov 2007)
• Pushed Illinois bill to videotape all capital interrogations. (Oct 2007)
• No extra penalty for gang association. (Oct 2007)
• Works on ex-offender laws because it could have been him. (Aug 2007)
• Need justice that is not just us, but is everybody. (Jun 2007)
• Some heinous crimes justify the ultimate punishment. (Oct 2006)
• Videotape all capital punishment interrogations. (Oct 2006)
• Passed 150 laws to toughen penalties for violent crime. (Oct 2004)
• Restrict police entry rules, to protect our civil liberties. (Oct 2004)
• Death penalty should be enforced fairly and with caution. (Oct 2004)
• Death penalty should not discriminate by gang membership. (Oct 2004)
• Battles legislatively against the death penalty. (Jul 2004)
• Supports alternative sentencing and rehabilitation. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on reinstating $1.15 billion funding for the COPS Program. (Mar 2007)
• Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program. (Jan 2007)
• Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance. (Mar 2007)
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