Political Party Platforms and the Death Penalty | Death …

Touted tougher punishments and expansion of the death penalty:

Fighting Crime

Democrats believe governments most basic duty is to establish law, order, and freedom and keep citizens safe from crime.

Bill Clinton and Al Gore put in place tougher punishments - including the death penalty - for those that dare to terrorize the innocent, and smarter prevention to stop crime before it even starts. . They funded new prison cells, and expanded the death penalty for cop killers and terrorists.

With Al Gore as President, America wont go back. We will move forward. We believe that in death penalty cases, DNA testing should be used in all appropriate circumstances, and defendants should have effective assistance of counsel. In all death row cases, we encourage thorough post-conviction reviews.

Praises the Republican Congress for enacting an effective deterrent death penalty and supports capital punishment for drug traffickers who take innocent life:

Justice And Safety

Most Americans over the age of fifty remember a time when streets and schoolyards were safe, doors unlocked, windows unbarred. The elderly did not live in fear and the young did not die in gunfire. That world is gone, swept away in the social upheaval provoked by the welfare, drug, and crime policies of the 1960s and later.

[W]e recognize the crucial leadership role the president and the Congress should play in restoring public safety. The congressional half of that team, in cooperation with governors and local officials who are the front line against crime, has been hard at work. Within proper federal jurisdiction, the Republican Congress has enacted legislation for an effective deterrent death penalty, restitution to victims, removal of criminal aliens, and vigilance against terrorism.

Children At Risk

in a Republican administration the Department of Justice will require all federal prosecutors to aggressively pursue drug dealers, from the kingpins to the lackeys. We renew our support for capital punishment for drug traffickers who take innocent life.

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