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Rooting for crime and punishment to come up in VP debate

By Douglas A. Berman

As regular readers know, I have been hoping that crime and punishment issues would get more attention during the 2008 campaign.  Perhaps because I am an eternal optimist, I have a inkling that tonight's VP debate might get into some crime and justice issues.  Senator Biden has a long record on criminal justice issues at the federal level, and Governor Palin likewise has a record on these issues at the local and state level.  Needless to say, I will be rooting hard that Gwen Ifill will ask at least a few crime and justice questions tonight.  If she is looking for ideas about what she might ask, lots of possibilities can be found in some of the posts linked below.  And, of course, readers are welcome to add their own suggested questions through the comments...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).