Council on Criminal Justice
The Council on Criminal Justice works to advance understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and build consensus for solutions that enhance safety and justice for all.www.counciloncj.org
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Nov 4, 2026
John StonestreetHOST
In fact, rather than being an irreparably broken system, as critics so often claim, the U.S. could be seeing crime and incarceration decline together.
John StonestreetHOST
In fact, the Council on Criminal Justice projects the 2026 U.S. murder rate will be the lowest ever recorded.
John StonestreetHOST
Lane put it this way, and I quote, The United States, it seems, is in the midst of a long-term shift toward both less violent crime and less incarceration.
John StonestreetHOST
It didn't take a revolution to achieve and very well might never have occurred if we really had defunded police or abolished prisons.
Austin DavisGUEST
I want to kind
Jeff AsherHOST
of dig deeper into that because Council on Criminal Justice recently had a poll that found they asked people basically like, you know, why don't you feel safe or what are the things that you most fear? And number one was like identity theft.
Jeff AsherHOST
Number two was violence.
Jeff AsherHOST
forget what it was, but it was like computer fraud or something like that.
Erin BarkerHOST
Khalil is a nationally recognized formerly incarcerated advocate for criminal justice and deportation policy reform.
Erin BarkerHOST
Currently, he's the Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Council on Criminal Justice, and previously he served as Chief Strategist at New Yorkers United for Justice and as Associate Vice President of Policy at Fortune Society.
Erin BarkerHOST
Pardoned by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2014, Khalil earned a master's degree in social work from CUNY Lehman College, where he was awarded the Urban Justice Award for his work with underserved and marginalized communities.
Erin BarkerHOST
Khalil is also a lecturer at Columbia University.
Mark BergGUEST
However, an argument that we've put forward is that while homicide rates have declined, the proliferation of firearms has increased the lethality of American violence.
Mark BergGUEST
And we published a paper on that recently, and it was co-sponsored by the Council on Criminal Justice, which is kind of a leading think tank on violence in America.
Ben KiefferHOST
What about the news? I'm sure many listeners bring to mind the recent news of a school shooter tragically killing several people at a school, including kids, but also being stopped by someone who viewed it and had their weapon available and was able to enter the school and shoot the teenage shooter.
Mark BergGUEST
Mm-hmm.