Headlined by a keynote address from Attorney General Eric Holder, the conference included three panels bringing together leading prosecutors, law enforcement officials, financing experts, and criminal justice reform advocates, and the release of a new Brennan Center report, “Federal Prosecution for the 21st Century.”
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Eric Holder’s Keynote Address: Shifting Law Enforcement Goals to Reduce Mass Incarceration
Attorney General Eric Holder delivered the keynote address at the Brennan Center’s full-day conference on the need to reduce mass incarceration by reforming law enforcement practices and federal funding structures.
New Report: Federal Prosecution for the 21st Century
This new report from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law proposes modernizing one key aspect of the criminal justice system: federal prosecutors.
Press Release: A Path for Prosecutors to Reduce Incarceration
Open configuration options A new Brennan Center report proposes a shift in federal prosecutorial priorities that will reduce the federal prison population and its costs.
New Priorities for Federal Prosecutors (Panel 1)
New Priorities for Broader Law Enforcement (Panel 2)