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"If Elected ... Criminal Justice"

By Douglas A. Berman

I just noticed this installment of the New York Times series "If Elected," which is focused on criminal justice issues.  Here are excerpts: As an Illinois legislator for seven years, Senator Barack Obama sponsored more than 100 bills on crime, corrections and the death penalty, making criminal justice one of his top priorities as a state lawmaker. In his nearly three decades in Washington, Senator John McCain has had a reputation for taking strong law-and-order stances. But compared with many past presidential elections, Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain have paid little attention to issues of criminal justice as they compete for the White House. The change is a reflection, experts say, of 15 years of declining crime rates, an electorate less anxious about public safety and the fact that crime and law enforcement issues are less partisan than they used to be...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 01, 2008 (boomark / email).