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By MIKE SMITHAP news analysisINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When politicians peddle promises to crack down on crime, they often recall personal brushes with bad guys or the horror stories of others. It’s great bait for voters.The two major gubernatorial candidates. Democrat Frank O’Bannon and Republican Stephen Goldsmith, know this, of course.ALast week, when O’Bannon pushed his proposal to add 500 more cops to Indiana’s streets, he spoke of his wife, Judy, getting mugged three years ago.“They took her purse and jerked her to the ground — he did — and made off with her purse,” O’Bannon said. ‘‘But she felt she lost a lot more than a little bit of money.“ She thinks what it did ... was to lose that sense of security, create that sense of alienation, and it certainly makes you feel like you’re living in an area that has violence and lawlessness.”Goldsmith, in his 12-page proposal for tackling crime, notes the story of a 14-year-old in Anderson to highlight his call for jailing juvenile offenders for longer periods, some until the age of 25.He said the teen, while in custody, told a counselor prior to his release that he fantasized about killing an old woman.“He was released anyway,” Goldsmith’s proposal report says. “Within one month he did exactly that, killing a 69-year-old woman by lying in wait in her home and strangling her, after which he proceeded to rape herdeceased body.”Although few lawmakers have had significant success curbing lawbreakers, candidates feel compelled to offer ambitiousSee RACE, page 2
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