Words: Biden believes in addressing violent crime through more law enforcement and endorses the COPS program. He sponsored the Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act to create a national registry of sex offenders. He supports the death penalty.

Actions: Biden authored the “Clinton Crime Bill” that put an additional 100,000 cops on the street. He voted AGAINST mandatory prison terms for crimes involving firearms (1994), AGAINST repealing federal speed limits (1995), AGAINST restricting class action lawsuits1995), AGAINST limiting punitive damage awards in product liability cases (1996), AGAINST limiting death penalty appeals (1996), and FOR funding the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program (1999 & 2007). CURE has given him a rating of 71%.

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