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Obama and crime

By cdw

from the NYT: Mr. Obama has emphasized civil liberties, sensitivity to racial inequality and tough penalties for the most violent felons. He was a state lawmaker when the Illinois police and prosecutors were under siege. In 2003, doubt was cast on the convictions of several Illinois death-row inmates leading to a death-penalty moratorium that is still in effect. Some critics say Mr. Obama?s role in the death-penalty moratorium has been exaggerated. Christine Radogno, a Republican state senator, said that Mr. Obama took credit for work accomplished by Gov. George Ryan, a Republican who imposed the moratorium, pardoned a number of death-row inmates, and established a commission to study capital punishment. ?To claim that Barack was the impetus for those reforms is an overstatement,? Ms...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on October 31, 2008 (boomark / email).