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A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate.

Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.

But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes.

I don't believe we should allow thousands of violent felons to be released early from prison, nor do I believe we should reduce sentences for violent offenders in the future.

If crime is going down, you shouldn't be increasing resources for crime prevention. Or you should be taking note of what has worked and concentrate the crime-prevention methods on policies that have a track record of success.

More prisons, more enforcement, effective death penalty.

The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible.

We need to look at the totality of the things that we're labeling as violent and really examine whether we need to have some more proportionality in terms of the punishment fitting the crime that's done. The bright line that we have right now, between violent and nonviolent, does not account for shades of gray.

I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.