The Smart on Crime Coalition, comprised of numerous groups working to bring about criminal justice reform, released its report Smart on Crime: Recommendations for the Administration and Congress which analyzes problems in the federal and state criminal justice systems. The coalition, which includes organizations such as Families Against Mandatory Minimums, The Innocence Project, Open Society, as well as legal, educational, religious and juvenile justice advocacy groups gives detailed attention to a wide range problems and offers concise recommendations on how the problems can be corrected.
The report focuses on the following topics:
Over Criminalization
Asset Forfeiture
Federal Investigations
Federal Grand Juries
Forensic Science
Innocence Issues
Indigent Defense
Juvenile Justice
Federal Sentencing
Improving the Prison System
The Death Penalty
Fixing Medellin
Pardon Power and Executive Clemency
Reentry
Victims Issues and Restorative Justice
System Change
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