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What will the new libertarian presidential candidate say about mass incarceration and the drug war?

By Douglas A. Berman

CNN is reporting here that former Republican Representative Bob Barr "formally jumped into the White House race Monday as a candidate for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination."  Here's more:Barr, the onetime darling of conservatives who led the impeachment fight against former President Bill Clinton, said he is running because voters want a choice beyond the two political parties. "They believe that America has more and better to offer than what the current political situation is serving up to us," he said Monday at the National Press Club in Washington. "The reason for that is very simple, they believe in America as I believe in America.  We believe in an America that is not and should not be and should never be driven by fear as current policies on behalf of both parties are in this country...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).