Texas continues to pass meaningful justice reforms that will ease cost burdens on taxpayers

Doug Deason is a successful businessman from Dallas, Texas, whose life could have turned out much differently. When he was 17, Deason, who was raised in a wealthy family, and…

Mandatory Minimums: A 20th Century Solution to a 21st Century Problem (Part 2)

The federal government and many state governments have slowly been moving away from mandatory minimum sentence for nonviolent offenders. Many of these reforms have been tremendously helpful. But more reforms…

Mandatory minimums are not a conservative approach to criminal justice

The United States’ criminal justice system is so terribly broken that it resembles "socialism with restrained mobility," says one House Republican, and it’s imperative that Congress act now to begin…