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Jack Markell on Crime

Delaware Governor-Elect: Click here for the full quote OR click here for Jack Markell on other issues.

Give crime victims the right to receive restitution. (Nov 2008)

Ruth Ann Minner on Crime

Democratic DE Governor: Click here for 3 full quotes OR click here for Ruth Ann Minner on other issues.

Supports the death penalty. (Nov 2004)
Build more prisons; end parole for violent criminals. (Nov 2004)
Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)

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Joe Biden on Crime

Democratic Sr Senator (DE); Vice President-Elect: Click here for 20 full quotes OR click here for Joe Biden on other issues.

Supreme Court wrong to deny federalization of wife-beating. (Oct 2008)
Bush is impediment to hate crimes legislation. (Dec 2007)
Biden Law of 1994 created several new capital offenses. (Nov 2007)
Supports sentencing guidelines to put away violent criminals. (Jul 2007)
Authored the Clinton crime bill & 100,000 cops on the street. (Jul 2007)
Separate juveniles from adults in jail. (Jul 2007)
Voted YES on reinstating $1.15 billion funding for the COPS Program. (Mar 2007)
Voted YES on $1.15 billion per year to continue the COPS program. (May 1999)
Voted NO on limiting death penalty appeals. (Apr 1996)
Voted NO on limiting product liability punitive damage awards. (Mar 1996)
Voted NO on restricting class-action lawsuits. (Dec 1995)
Voted NO on repealing federal speed limits. (Jun 1995)
Voted NO on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms. (May 1994)
Voted NO on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals. (May 1994)
Rated 71% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000)
More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
Establish a domestic violence volunteer attorney network. (May 2007)
Increase funding for "COPS ON THE BEAT" program. (Jan 2007)
Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance. (Mar 2007)
Establish an FBI registry of sexual offendors. (Oct 1996)

Tom Carper on Crime

Democratic Jr Senator (DE): Click here for 6 full quotes OR click here for Tom Carper on other issues.

Supports mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws. (Sep 2000)
Agressively clean up criminal �hot spots�. (Jun 2000)
Keep violent offendors behind bars. (Jan 2000)
Voted YES on reinstating $1.15 billion funding for the COPS Program. (Mar 2007)
More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
Tougher juvenile crime penalties; but let states set them. (Aug 1999)

Ted Kaufman on Crime

Democratic Senate-Appointee: Click here for Ted Kaufman on other issues.

No stance on record.

Christine O`Donnell on Crime

Republican Challenger: Click here for Christine O`Donnell on other issues.

No stance on record.

House:

Michael Castle on Crime

Republican Representative (DE-At-Large): Click here for 9 full quotes OR click here for Michael Castle on other issues.

Voted YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)
Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
Voted YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime. (Jun 1999)
Voted NO on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals. (Mar 1996)
Voted YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder. (Feb 1995)
Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
Rated 40% by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation. (Dec 2000)
Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)
More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty. (Sep 1994)

Former candidates & officeholders:

Ray Clatworthy on Crime

2002 Republican Senate Challenger (DE): Click here for Ray Clatworthy on other issues.

No stance on record.

William Roth on Crime

Former Republican Senator: Click here for 7 full quotes OR click here for William Roth on other issues.

Voted YES on $1.15 billion per year to continue the COPS program. (May 1999)
Voted YES on limiting death penalty appeals. (Apr 1996)
Voted NO on limiting product liability punitive damage awards. (Mar 1996)
Voted YES on restricting class-action lawsuits. (Dec 1995)
Voted YES on repealing federal speed limits. (Jun 1995)
Voted YES on mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms. (May 1994)
Voted YES on rejecting racial statistics in death penalty appeals. (May 1994)

Mike Protack on Crime

Republican challenger: Click here for Mike Protack on other issues.

No stance on record.

Jan Ting on Crime

Republican Challenger: Click here for Jan Ting on other issues.

No stance on record.

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