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Rudy on Obama on Mandatory Minimums

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

It appears that the crime issue is finally being seriously raised in the presidential campaign. This story from Alexander Mooney at CNN reports that Rudy Giuliani has recorded a "robocall" saying "Obama opposes 'mandatory prison sentences for sex offenders, drug dealers, and murderers.'" The story further says the Obama campaign had no immediate comment but quotes the campaign web site with a statement that appears to be a blanket opposition to all mandatory minimums. Mandatory minimums are a controversial topic, and there certainly are some individual statutes in this area that need to be reexamined. However, some mandatory minimums are clearly necessary. In California many years ago, we actually had to enact a statute known as "use a gun, go to prison" to stop judges from granting probation for armed robbery...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on October 22, 2008 (boomark / email).