Foreword by President William J. Clinton AMERICAN

SOLUTIONS: AMERICAN LEADERS SPEAK OUT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Foreword by President William J. Clinton

Authors Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Cory Booker Chris Christie Hillary Rodham Clinton Ted Cruz Mike Huckabee Cathy L. Lanier Martin O'Malley Janet Napolitano Rand Paul Rick Perry Marco Rubio Bryan Stevenson Scott Walker James Webb

Edited by Inimai Chettiar and Michael Waldman

at New York University School of Law

Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law

SOLUTIONS: AMERICAN LEADERS SPEAK OUT

ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Edited by Inimai Chettiar and Michael Waldman

Associate Editors Nicole Fortier and Abigail Finkelman

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Table of Contents

Foreword

William J. Clinton, 42nd President of the United States

v

Introduction

1

Solutions

1.The Importance of Community Policing

3

Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States

2.End One-Size-Fits-All Sentencing

7

Cory Booker, Unites States Senator for New Jersey

3.Ban the Box

13

Cornell William Brooks, President and CEO of the NAACP

4.Save Jail for the Dangerous

19

Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey

5.Respect by the Law, Respect for the Law

25

Hillary Rodham Clinton, former United States Secretary of State

6.Reduce Federal Crimes and Give Judges Flexibility

31

Ted Cruz, United States Senator for Texas

7.Shut the Revolving Door of Prison

37

Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General of California

8.Treat Drug Addiction and Address Character

43

Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas

9.A Real Mental Health System

49

David Keene, former President of the National Rifle Association

10.Graduated Reentry

55

Mark A.R. Kleiman, Professor at University of

California, Los Angeles

11.A New Way of Policing

61

Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the District of Columbia

Metropolitan Police

12.A System that Rewards Results

67

Marc Levin, Founder and Policy Director of Right on Crime

13.Prosecutorial Prioritization

73

Janet Napolitano, former United States Secretary

of Homeland Security

14.Abolish the Death Penalty, Invest in Public Safety 79 Martin O'Malley, former Governor of Maryland

15.Restore Fairness in Sentencing

83

Rand Paul, United States Senator for Kentucky

16.Follow the Texas Model

89

Rick Perry, former Governor of Texas

17.A Step Toward Freedom: Reduce the Number of Crimes 93 Marco Rubio, United States Senator for Florida

18.Mercy, Especially for the Mentally Ill

99

Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of the

Equal Justice Initiative

19.A Culture Change

105

Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College

of Criminal Justice

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