Tim Kaine vice presidential campaign, 2016/Crime and justice
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Kaine on crime and justice
- A longtime supporter of criminal justice reform, Tim Kaine co-sponsored the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015. The bipartisan compromise bill aimed "to reduce over-criminalization and over-incarceration without compromising the safety of communities" be decreasing certain mandatory minimum sentences, expanding recidivism reduction programs such as the prison work program, and allowing judges more discretion in sentencing.[1]
- Following an October 15, 2015, roundtable discussion with ex-offenders about criminal justice reform and the challenges of re-entry, Kaine said, “My takeaways from today’s discussion were, first, we need to determine what educational programs can keep kids on the right track and off the wrong track. Second, we should provide more opportunities for those within the federal, state and local prison systems to learn and improve themselves. Third, let’s make sure that there is advice for people – including where to go for help and where to find helpful rehabilitation programs – right before they leave the prison system. Fourth, once people are out of prison, what can we do as a society to make it easier for them to vote or get a job? And lastly, let’s make sure we are supporting organizations that have proven programs that keep people from falling back onto the wrong path.”[1]
- As governor of Virginia, Kaine presided over 11 executions although he had expressed personal opposition to the practice. He commuted one death sentence to life in prison after concluding that the inmate was "mentally unfit" for execution. He also blocked all legislative efforts to expand the death penalty in Virginia.[2]
- Read what the 2016 presidential candidates and other vice presidential candidates said about crime and justice.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tim Kaine United States Senator for Virginia, "Press Release: In Richmond, Kaine Joins Ex-Offenders for Roundtable Discussion on Criminal Justice Reform," October 15, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "On Death Penalty Cases, Tim Kaine Revealed Inner Conflict," July 23, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Democratic Party, "The 2016 Democratic Party Platform," accessed August 25, 2016
