Getting your player ready...
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, right, and Bob Beauprez. (Denver Post file photos)
I d like to explain why I voted Republican down the ticket except for my vote for Gov. John Hickenlooper. Bob Beauprez s ads suggesting a tougher on crime approach were misleading, offensive and, frankly, bad policy.
Our legislators over-criminalize, our prosecutors over-charge, and our system over-incarcerates. The criminal justice system is badly in need of reform, not regression to failed policies that made us No. 1 in the world, ahead of both China and Russia, in incarceration rate.
The Beauprez ads suggesting exactly such an approach made my choice very easy.
R. Ankeney, Denver
This letter was published in the Nov. 12 edition.
Submit a letter to the editor via this form or check out our guidelines for how to submit by e-mail or mail.
