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Latest Promises

Decriminalize marijuana

Use a national commission to address policing issues

Eliminate cash bail

Eliminate mandatory minimums for criminals

End federal government's use of private prisons and detention centers

Eliminate the federal death penalty

Expand services for people during and after incarceration

Invest $300 million in COPS program

Incentivize states to restore voting rights to convicted felons

Support the study of reparations for slavery

Expand Justice Department power to address police misconduct

Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act

Appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton

Impose death penalty for cop killers

Ban racial profiling by federal law enforcement agencies

Restrict warrantless wiretaps

Encourage videotaping of interrogations in capital cases

Restore habeas corpus rights for "enemy combatants"

Send first-time nonviolent drug offenders to rehab if appropriate

Enhance drug courts

Fully fund the COPS program

Eliminate disparity in sentencing for crack and cocaine

Reform mandatory minimum sentences

Restore funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program