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(1) Lobby for criminal justice reform.  Contrary to popular belief, the criminal justice system in the United States is NOT broken: our criminal justice system is working exactly as intended which is to say with maximum arbitrariness, maximum coerciveness, and maximum cruelty.  Yes, our criminal justice system is arbitrary, coercive, and cruel BY DESIGN.  The system doesn't need to be fixed like you fix a broken window.  The system needs to be radically reformed.  Support leaders who advocate for radical reform.  Abolishing prison would be a good start.

Wait, wait, but won't dangerous people be on the street if we abolish prison?

No.  There are ways to segregate truly violent people from the rest of society without depriving people of human dignity.  See what countries without prisons (like Norway) are actually doing to ensure public safety.

(2) Lobby for more money for public defense.  This is Number 2 because public defenders really should not be as in demand as they are.  The reason we have a critical shortage is because Number 1 is not being addressed.  

(3) Decriminalizing controlled substances is not enough; we must legalize their possession and use and REGULATE distribution through controlled channels to prevent overdose death.  Substance use disorder is treatable and the most effective treatment for that (and for most things in life) is NEVER abstinence.  In short: HARM REDUCTION.

(4) This may be redundant to Number 3, but you should support universal health care and universal mental health care.

(5) And while we're at it: lobby for universal basic income, housing, and food.  I've defended more than a few charges involving grocery stores where my client was literally just needing something to eat.

(6) Keep adult material legal.  Statistically speaking, high usage of such material is strongly correlated with LOWER rates of sex crimes.

(7) "Defund the police" should not be a controversial sentence.  The reason the sentence is controversial is because we have come to rely on police to do too much.  Instead, we should pour that money into crisis intervention services that don't involve uniformed people with guns.

(8) Advocate for immigration reform that doesn't involve literal concentration camps and a federal secret police Gestapo, gives people a fighting chance at full integration, and suffrage to participate in our political process.

(9) Support reproductive rights and family planning, particularly for people who bear children, but also for anyone who could contribute to the birth of a child.

(10) End the death penalty nationwide.  For so many reasons.  But in a sentence, the death penalty is a morally repugnant vestige of our savage past.

PLEASE share the message above with everyone you know who is willing to listen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!