Rudy Giuliani has recorded a fear-mongering robocall for the McCain-Palin campaign that distorts Senator Barack Obama's stance on mandatory sentences for society's worst criminals.

Rudy Giuliani has recorded a fear-mongering robocall for the McCain-Palin campaign that distorts Senator Barack Obama’s stance on mandatory sentences for society’s worst criminals. Obama opposes mandatory minimum sentences for some offenses, arguing:

We have a system that locks away too many young, first-time,

non-violent offenders for the better part of their lives – a decision

that’s made not by a judge in a courtroom, but all to often by

politicians in Washington and state capitals around the country.

But Giuliani’s robocall drops the, rather important, word "minimum," making it seem that Obama opposes mandatory sentences in general:

Hi, this is Rudy Giuliani and I’m calling for John McCain and the

Republican National Committee, because you need to know that Barack

Obama opposes mandatory prison sentences for sex offenders, drug

dealers, and murderers. It’s true, I read Obama’s words myself. And

recently, Congressional liberals introduced a bill to eliminate

mandatory prison sentences for violent criminals — trying to give

liberal judges the power to decide whether criminals are sent to jail

or set free. With priorities like these, we just can’t trust the

inexperience and judgment of Barack Obama and his liberal allies. This

call was paid for by the Republican National Committee and McCain-Palin

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HuffingtonPost.com notes that Obama’s stance against mandatory minimum sentences is bolstered by several studies of criminal behavior

which show that "mandatory minimum sentences are less effective than

discretionary sentencing and drug treatment in reducing drug-related

crime."

TalkingPointsMemo.com has an audio recording of the call.