2015 Veritas, Issue 3

November 2, 2015

Derek M. Cohen, Ph.D.

Derek M. Cohen, Ph.D, is the Foundation’s Chief Research Officer and Right on Crime Senior Fellow. Previously the Vice President of Policy and Director of Right on Crime, the Foundation’s criminal justice reform initiative, Cohen was instrumental in the passage of the First Step Act, federal legislation that borrowed from successful changes to prisons and sentencing that he had helped pass in conservative states. In addition to leading the Foundation’s work on criminal justice, he is also the lead researcher of firearms policy.

In this edition of Veritas, you'll find Holding Liberty Hostage, The Ceremony: Celebrating Texas Freedom Since 1845, Lone Star Legacy Society, and more.

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