Support state and local law enforcement with federal funding, technical assistance where needed, and a national database to help state and local police identify, track, and arrest fugitives who move across jurisdictional lines and to prosecute serious hate crimes where local jurisdictions lack the resources to do so. Promote federal and state partnerships to develop advanced technology to help police work both smarter and more efficiently. Governor Bush strongly opposed the granting of clemency to 16 FALN terrorists by the Clinton-Gore Administration. Crime is down. During Governor Bush s tenure, violent crime decreased 20 percent while overall crime decreased 14 percent.
Juvenile crime is down.
During Governor Bush s term, violent juvenile crime decreased 44 percent and overall juvenile crime by 17 percent the first decline in over a decade. Juvenile sentences longer, tougher. The average length of stay for all juvenile offenders increased 35 percent under Governor Bush. Effectively abolished parole for violent offenders. In 1995, the 74th Legislature responded to Governor Bush s call to rewrite Texas outdated juvenile justice laws.