Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2016/Crime and justice

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Gary Johnson announced his presidential run on January 6, 2016.[1]

BP-Initials-UPDATED.png Ballotpedia's scope changes periodically, and this article type is no longer actively created or maintained. It may also contain neutrality issues.

2016 Presidential Election
Gary-Johnson-(New Mexico)-circle.png

Gary Johnson
2016 Libertarian presidential nominee
Running mate: Bill Weld
Election
Libertarian National Convention • Polls • Debates • Presidential election by state
On the issues
Domestic affairs • Economic affairs and government regulations • Foreign affairs and national security •
Other candidates
Hillary Clinton (D) • Jill Stein (G) • Donald Trump (R) • Vice presidential candidates
Ballotpedia's presidential election coverage
2028 • 2024 • 2020 • 2016


This page was current as of the 2016 election.


Read below what Gary Johnson and the 2016 Libertarian Platform said about crime and justice.

Libertarian Party Johnson on crime and justice

  • While participating in Fusion’s Libertarian Presidential Forum on August 17, 2016, Gary Johnson expressed opposition to hate crime laws. He said, “Look, I am scared to death regarding hate crime legislation. You’re talking about me throwing a rock through someone’s window. I should be prosecuted on throwing the rock, not my thoughts that motivated me throwing the rock through that window.”[2]
  • In an interview with Politico on July 8, 2016, Gary Johnson said “the root” of the violence in Dallas was “the war on drugs.” He continued, “If you are [black and] arrested in a drug-related crime, there is four times more likelihood of going to prison than if you are white. And shooting is part of the same phenomenon That’s the common thread. Shootings are occurring with black people, black people are dying. This is an escalation.”[3]
  • In an interview with BuzzFeed on July 6, 2016, Johnson called the footage of the police shooting death of Alton Sterling “very disturbing.” He continued, “If there was no display of a gun, if he didn’t have it in his hand…if his hand wasn’t being suppressed, I don’t get it. I mean, that’s murder.” Johnson said police departments should model themselves after those in cities with the fewest number of shootings.[4]
  • Johnson called the imposition of the death penalty "flawed public policy" in his 2012 book, Seven Principles of Good Government. He wrote, "When I was younger, I supported capital punishment. I changed my mind because I recognized that the risks and costs associated with the death penalty are too high. I understand the eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth mentality but, realistically public policy should have room for mistakes. Killing one innocent person who was wrongly accused is not worth executing 99 guilty people. DNA evidence and judicial appeals have shown many people are mistakenly convicted."[5]
  • In September 1999, Johnson, an advocate of private prisons, opposed an independent review of private prison operations in New Mexico following several riots and fatalities at private facilities in the state. A spokeswoman from his office said he was "confident and satisfied" with an inquiry conducted by the Public Safety and Corrections Department.[6]
  • Read what other 2016 presidential candidates said about crime and justice.

Recent news

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Gary Johnson crime and justice. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2016/Crime and justice - Google News

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Reason.com, "Gary Johnson To Announce He's Running for President Today," January 6, 2016
  2. ↑ Fusion, "Gary Johnson defends his opposition to hate crime laws and support of private prisons," August 17, 2016
  3. ↑ Politico, "Libertarian Johnson: Drug war 'root cause' of police shootings," July 8, 2016
  4. ↑ BuzzFeed, "Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson: Alton Sterling Shooting Appears To Be A Murder," July 6, 2016
  5. ↑ Johnson, Gary. (2012). Seven Principles of Good Government. Aberdeen: Silver Lake Publishing. (pages 70-71)
  6. ↑ Amarillo Globe-News, "Johnson opposes independent study of private prisons," September 3, 1999
  7. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  8. ↑ Libertarian Party, "The 2016 Libertarian Party Platform," accessed August 24, 2016
v • e
2016 United States Presidential Election
OverviewsPresidential Elections-2016-badge.png
Candidate profiles
Path to the presidency
Policy positions
On the campaign trail
Ballotpedia's battleground poll • Campaign preparations • Political and leadership attributes • Presidential campaign trackers and opposition researchers
Campaign staff
Debates
Analysis
The media's coverage of Donald Trump • The media's coverage of Hillary Clinton

Post-debate analysis overview
Democratic: April 14, 2016 (CNN) • March 9, 2016 (Univision) • March 6, 2016 (CNN) • February 11, 2016 (PBS) • February 4, 2016 (MSNBC) • January 17, 2016 (NBC) • December 19, 2015 (ABC) • November 14, 2015 (CBS) • October 13, 2015 (CNN)
Republican: March 10, 2016 (CNN) • March 3, 2016 (FNC) • February 25, 2016 (CNN) • February 13, 2016 (CBS) • February 6, 2016 (ABC) • January 28, 2016 (FNC) • January 14, 2016 (FBN) • December 15, 2015 (CNN) • November 10, 2015 (FBN) • October 28, 2015 (CNBC) • September 16, 2015 (CNN)

Insiders Poll: First Democratic debate (October 13, 2015) • Presidential Nominating Index: Clinton remains choice of Democratic Insiders • Presidential Nominating Index: Bush remains choice of Republican Insiders • Insiders Poll: Winners and losers from the Fox News Republican Debate


Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gary_Johnson_presidential_campaign,_2016/Crime_and_justice&oldid=10498303"