Presidential candidates positions on incarceration

Lindsay A. Lazarski, City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism

Abstract

The crumbling economy, taxes, and the Iraq War have soaked up the limelight when it comes to the 2008 Presidential Election. With less than one week left before voters’ caste their ballots, questions about Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama’s positions on incarceration and criminal justice remain unanswered.