This was a great year in Oklahoma for criminal justice reforms. Not since the passage of justice reinvestment legislation in 2012 have we seen such significant measures make it through the legislative process. In 2016, the Legislature passed four key pieces of criminal justice reform legislation.
Too many Houston crimes go unsolved. Here’s how to change that.
The latest HPD scandal underscores a national problem. Commit a crime, get caught and go to jail — directly to jail. It’s the justice lesson we learned growing up, but it’s far from reality in cities across the nation, where clearance rates are abominably low. News out of Houston is compounding the issue of unsolved crimes after the Houston...