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John Lewis

D

Georgia U.S. House, District 5 (1987 - Present)

Senior Chief Deputy Whip, United States House of Representatives (? - Present)

Policy Positions >> Crime

John Lewis on Crime

  • National standards on excessive use of police force. (Jan 2016)
  • Rated 38% by the NAPO, indicating a police-the-police stance. (Dec 2014)
  • Sponsored evidence-based & proven prevention for street gangs. (Mar 2013)
  • Abolish the federal death penalty. (Sep 2011)
  • Voted YES on enforcing against anti-gay hate crimes. (Apr 2009)
  • Voted YES on expanding services for offenders' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)
  • Reduce recidivism by giving offenders a Second Chance. (Mar 2007)
  • More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)
  • Moratorium on death penalty; more DNA testing. (Mar 2001)
  • Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)
  • Rated 78% by CURE, indicating pro-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000)
  • Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
  • Voted NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime. (Jun 1999)
  • Voted YES on maintaining right of habeas corpus in Death Penalty Appeals. (Mar 1996)
  • Voted NO on making federal death penalty appeals harder. (Feb 1995)
  • Voted YES on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)