To Boost Income Mobility, Reform Our Bail System
Beyond shrinking our overly expanded incarcerated population, bail reform would boost the United States’ stagnating income mobility by reforming a system that traps the poor in poverty.
Your Arguments Against The Death Penalty Are Junk
Some people deserve to die for brutally and intentionally murdering innocents. If that’s right, then justice requires capital punishment.
Sentencing Reform Would Give Many Americans Second Chances They Desperately Need
America needs criminal justice reform, particularly to reduce the obstacles facing those reentering society. People who have served their time deserve a second chance in life.
This One Simple Change To Traffic Laws Can Reduce Police Brutality
Improvements like body cameras and independent police auditors are steps in the right direction, but none of those reforms gets at the source of the problem, which is our criminal traffic laws.
Poll Finds Americans Are Not As Divided On Policing As Headlines Suggest
Despite racial disagreement on the way police interact with their communities, no demographic is ‘anti-cop’—and a majority agrees on needed reforms.
Although They’re Guilty, Acquiting Ammon Bundy’s Crew Was Right
It took a unique combination of distrust, arrogance, and prosecutorial blunders to lead the Malheur occupiers to get away with their crimes.
Hillary Clinton Learned How To Manipulate The Law By Defending A Child Rapist
New details suggest the methods Hillary Rodham used to maneuver around procedural norms in the Kathy Shelton rape case bear striking similarities to her actions in her email scandal.
‘The Night Of’ Was Ultimately Disappointing
Sometimes a show is so finely acted and technically well-crafted that you overlook its many other flaws. ‘The Night Of’ is one of those shows.
What We Can Learn From Tocqueville’s Insights Into Crime
Alexis de Tocqueville originally visited America to study its prison system. Certain patterns he observed influence the current, critical state of our criminal justice system.
Targeting Police Isn’t A Hate Crime, It’s Terrorism
While increasing penalties against those who kill or injure cops can help protect the men and women who protect us, new hate crime laws are a poor way to achieve that goal.
Is Anti-Race-Baiting A Form Of Race-Baiting?
At this moment conservatives should be looking for common ground and viable solutions, not radioactive buttons to push.
It Isn’t Conservative To Rush Criminal Justice Reform
We should get better data than that used by leftist groups and talk policy specifics before we spring for massive changes to federal criminal law.
No, Tom Cotton, Mandatory Minimums Aren’t Preventing A Crime Wave
Congress’ misguided criminal justice priorities have allowed thousands of violent criminals to escape punishment, and denied justice to their victims.
6 Traits Of People Who Help Others Out Of Prison Into Work
In a nation rife with social breakdown, it’s just not feasible to incarcerate all of our felons for life. Some attention must be given to rehabilitation.
‘Mercy Street’ Displays The Intricacies Of America’s Experience With Slavery
PBS’s new ‘Mercy Street’ brings complicated, thoughtful historical drama back to the United States.
Bernie Sanders Voted For Criminal-Justice Measures He’s Denouncing
Yes, the U.S. prison population has greatly expanded. And Bernie Sanders is part of the reason for that.
Go Directly To Jail, We’ll Collect $2,000
Capsizing people’s lives before they are proven guilty is unfair. But our bail system often makes it happen.
Former Felons Deserve Second Amendment Rights, Too
People shouldn’t be punished extra simply for owning a gun. What matters is how they use the gun.
Justice Reform: Georgia’s Bipartisan Cinderella Story
Fiscally sound policies can be humane. Just look at Georgia, where prison populations are down after initial justice reform.
Seven Reasons Conservatives Are Leading Criminal Justice Reform
One percent of the U.S. population is behind bars. We can do better than our current criminal justice system. And the Right is leading the way.
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