Restore the internal balance of the system so that judges have more discretion at sentencing and prosecutors are confined by an adversary system of checks and balances. Rigid rules like mandatory sentencing laws have transferred power from neutral judges to partisan prosecutors, and impaired judge's flexibility to make the punishment fit the offense and the offender. Prosecutor budgets also exceed defense budgets by more than four times, so our adversarial system of justice is becoming a one-sided game. Treat crime victims better. The bureaucracy of justice entangles victims.
Victims often fail to receive restitution, notice of court dates or even respectful treatment.
Victims should be made to feel whole, not angry, by the justice process. The justice process should also explore policies designed to prevent people from being victimized in the first place. Criminal justice policy should be made on the basis of quality information, not outdated research, not myth, and not sensational anecdotes. Official justice data is usually three years old on the date it is published. Though much of the data is useful and important, some is presented in a manner designed to support the policies of parties in power.