Criminal Law Checklist for Legislators

April 1, 2011

This document asks members of Congress to analyze before they criminalize by examining a few key factors before criminalizing conduct. This checklist was jointly released by TPPF, the Heritage Foundation, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Washington Legal Foundation.

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Remembering the ‘why’ behind Raise the Age in North Carolina

At what age should juvenile offenders be tried and treated as adults in North Carolina? What constitutes a juvenile’s actions so irredeemable that they bypass the juvenile system and go straight into adult corrections? As times change and public safety evolves, it is important to reflect on the principles that guide our justice system. One...

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A culture of death is stalking our nation. Yet as some states work to expand assisted suicide, make abortion limitless (and free), and to ensure that children are able to be sterilized with surgeries and hormone treatments, Texas is creating—and celebrating—a culture of life. In some states, activists are working to expand physician-assisted suicide laws...

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