Clinton: crime and abortion

http://pewforum.org/religion08/compare.php?Issue=Death_Penalty
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/issues/index.html

Clinton on: Crime and Abortion
Hillary Clinton stands in favor of capital punishment aka the “Death Penalty” for the most heinous acts committed by individuals. Don’t misjudge the former first lady upon hearing this because she is not the only candidate who stands in favor of this type of sentencing. Her opponents Baracak Obama and John McCain stand in favor of capital punishment as well. When looking at the presidential candidate Hillary Clinton one must check her track record on a stance with such seriousness as supporting the death penalty. Clinton has been a long time advocate for the death penalty but has worked to make sure that the people on death row were the ones who really should be there for the crimes they have been found guilty of. America’s legal system has not always been a fair one and very often justice is never really served. In the United States African Americans account for 12% of the total population but 40% of the people on death row are African American. Many African American men in the past have been falsely accused and charged with crimes that they did not commit and coerced into making confessions to crimes just to stop the police brutality that they undergo while detained for questioning. Until recently with the advancements in technology and DNA testing have the innocent people on death row been able to clear their names.
Even though Clinton supports capital punishment she is different from those running against her because in 2003 she cosponsored the Innocence Protection Act which became a law as part of the Justice for all Act. This bill mandates that funding for post-conviction DNA testing be provided and establishes that a DNA testing process be provided for any person sentenced to death row. She is serious about crime in America and she even lobbied for her husband’s crime bill which expanded the list of crimes that could be prosecuted by the death penalty.
On the issue of abortion presidential candidate Clinton supports it and her opponent Obama does as well. Clinton being a women like many others feels that the decision of abortion is a decision that should be left up to made by the woman and her family. It is a very difficult decision that requires much thought. But abortion should never be used as a form of contraceptive and Clinton feels this way and needs to provide more educating services about preventing unplanned pregnancies. Clinton is quoted that “This decision, which is one of the most fundamental, difficult and soul searching decisions a woman and a family can make, is also one in which the government should have no role. I believe we can all recognize that abortion in many ways represents a sad, even tragic choice to many, many women. Often, it's a failure of our system of education, health care, and preventive services”.