ELECTION ISSUE
Status:Open
Where Do Candidates Stand on Criminal Justice?
SYSTEMIC REFORMSEQUIP & ENFORCE
Positions
Kamala Harris"We must continue to change our nation’s approach to marijuana and reform the criminal justice system."Sep 14, 2024
Cornel West"Ending Mass Incarceration and the Prison Industrial Complex is our commitment to breaking the chains that bind millions of our fellow citizens."Aug 26, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr."[P]risons are now the biggest industry in rural areas... I want to develop, instead, a string of... healing farms."Aug 21, 2024
Kamala HarrisWe need a "more effective, efficient criminal justice system that truly gets tough on crime by being Smart on Crime."Jul 11, 2024
Donald Trump"[T]he laws are so horrendously stacked against us... they've been made to protect the criminal."Jul 29, 2017
Kamala Harris"[W]e should not be... constantly reacting to crime after it happens. We should be looking at preventing crime before it happens.Jul 25, 2011
Donald Trump"We have to give authority back to law enforcement so they can properly protect people."Jun 10, 2024
Jill Stein"A Jill Stein administration will... [e]nd mass incarceration and build a system centered on restorative justice."Aug 26, 2024
Chase Oliver"Our broken criminal justice system needs a significant overhaul. We must dismantle the prison-industrial complex, end the failed War on Drugs, and eliminate qualified immunity for police."Sep 14, 2024
J.D. Vance"I am proud to back the blue and I encourage all of my fellow Americans to do the same."May 18, 2023
Chase Oliver"The Federal doctrine of qualified immunity shall be eliminated [under an Oliver administration]."Jun 15, 2024
Kamala Harris"Not all crime is serious and violent crime, but we have a one size fits all approach to all crime and it's failing us."Jul 25, 2011
Cornel WestA West administration would develop "Alternatives to Incarceration through restorative justice practices."Aug 26, 2024