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Do "mama grizzlies" have a particular approach to crime and punishment issues?

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this NPR piece and this Politico piece, one theme emerging from yesterday's election results is the success of female Republican candidates that had Sarah Palin's backing ? or, as Sarah Palin call them, "Mama Grizzlies."  Though it is probably too soon to figure out the long-term political impact of the conservative feminism that Sarah Palin seeks to stir up with her "mama grizzly" themes, it is not too early for me to speculate about whether "mama grizzlies" may adopt a particular approach to crime and punishment issues. This recent Facebook posting by Sarah Palin endorsing a congressional candidate in Arkansas suggests that a mama grizzly politician seeks to "protect our great country?s freedom [while being a] pro-family, pro-2nd Amendment, fiscal conservative...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 09, 2010 (boomark / email).