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  • The Gun Debate Doesn’t Have To Be All or Nothing

    As America debates what to do about the scourge of gun violence, we’ll hear a lot of spurious arguments that even modest measures trample on Second Amendment rights. Don’t believe them. We can have safety and freedom.
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    • December 9, 2015

  • William J. Clinton: Foreword

    In his foreword to Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, former President William J. Clinton writes that criminal justice reform is an area ripe for genuine bipartisan cooperation.

  • Mercy, Especially for the Mentally Ill

    In his essay for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Bryan Stevenson calls on Americans to embrace the challenge of creating a fairer, more merciful criminal justice system with better tools for helping the mentally ill.

  • Follow the Texas Model

    In his essay for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Rick Perry calls for states to follow Texas’ example and offer treatment instead of prison for those with drug and mental health problems, in order to “eliminate our incarceration epidemic.”

  • Graduated Reentry

    In his entry for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Mark A.R. Kleiman writes that effective reentry programs will be key to reducing America’s disastrously large prison population.

  • A Culture Change

    In his essay for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice Reform, Jeremy Travis argues that its time for a major rethinking of the methods and goals of crime policy.

  • Prosecutorial Prioritization

    In her essay for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Janet Napolitano writes that prosecutorial discretion, as exercised through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, is a longstanding, fundamental principle of the American justice system.

  • A Real Mental Health System

    In his essay for Solutions: American Leaders Speak Out on Criminal Justice, former NRA president David Keene urges a rebuilding and strengthening of the nation’s mental health system.

  • Restore Fairness in Sentencing

    In his essay for Solutions: Americans Speak Out on Criminal Justice, Rand Paul calls our criminal justice system “fiscally unsustainable and morally bankrupt,” and urges a bipartisan effort to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences, enact new rehabilitation programs, end police militarization, and more.