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As with all of our policies, search for evidence-based practices and hold criminal justice agencies to high, evidence-based standards.
Demand fair sentencing laws, including the end to the mass criminalization and incarceration of NONVIOLENT drug offenders.
Appoint a biparisian commission to comprehensively review and significantly revise the 1984 Sentencing Reform Act.
End laws like stop-and-frisk. It's irrelevant if they are effective or not. They are in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Period.
Under no circumstance should the United States of America tolerate the federal death penalty.
Stop trying children as adults, because THEY ARE NOT ADULTS!
Require a review be granted (after a reasonable period of incarceration) for juveniles serving life-without-parole sentences.
Fight hard against discriminatory voter laws that target Americans with felony convictions.
Clear out the severe backlog of - and then keep up with - DNA samples, which literally hold the keys to freedom for many.
Encourage states that still have hair-trigger community supervision systems to reform their parole and probation systems.
Ensure a fair and equitable process for bail, for NONVIOLENT offenders, in compliance with the United States Constitution.
Support community bail funds, which collect money to post bail for those in jail who cannot afford to.
Provide expert legal guidance to state courts on the enforcement of fines and fees.
End the systemic abuse of civil forfeiture. At a minimum, the burden of proof should be on the government to prove wrongdoing.
When a field of forensics or a particular expert is discredited, ensure every single person convicted by the flawed evidence get a new trial.
Appoint a bipartisan independent board to evaluate clemency petitions, then make recommendations to the president.
Bring down the thunder on prisons like the ones in Alabama, where the Justice Dept says the conditions violate the Eighth Amendment.
Encourage states to repeal laws that suspend driver's licenses as a penalty for not paying fines.
Ensure that prison labor is mutually beneficial for both the prison worker and the employer.
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