Overview
What changes would you make to the American criminal law system if you could? What inequities and issues do you see that could be fixed, and how would you fix them? Consider how the criminal law meets the goals we as a society set for it, and whether those goals are realistic, honest, and attainable.
Some thoughts to get you started:
https://www.sentencingproject.org/fact-sheet/top-trends-in-criminal-justice-reform-2022/
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/policy-solutions/federal-agenda-criminal-justice-reform
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-better-path-forward-for-criminal-justice-reimagining-pretrial-and-sentencing/
https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/justice-and-prison-reform/criminaljusticereform.html