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Show: 002 Top Priority Podcast | Overcriminalization, Criminal Justice Reform Priority Initiative  

Date Recorded: December 17, 2019 

Host: Duane Lester, Manager of Issue Education, Grassroots Leadership Academy 

Guests: Vikrant Reddy, Senior Fellow, Charles Koch Institute

Show Notes & Timestamps

• Why should Americans care about Overcriminalization? min [1:31]

The average American commits three felonies per day because the penal code is so vast, expansive, and unknowable at the federal, state, and local level. min [2:30]

 “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” 
 —Lavrentiy Beria, the ruthless and brutal secret police chief to Joseph Stalin—

• Why is the Stand Together Community involved in Criminal Justice Reform and reducing Overcriminalization? min [3:27]
• What is the difference between criminal law and civil law? min [5:05]
• Our Community believes two criteria must be met for a law to be a criminal law min [6:20]: 

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The violation must have, (1) an identifiable victim —AND— (2) a direct victim

• How does our Community approach reducing Overcriminalization through the framework of our Vision—transforming society by breaking barriers? min [8:20]
• How our Community views Overcriminalization through the lens of the first mutually-reinforcing principle—Equal Rights. min [13:55] 

**Overcriminalization creates a perverse incentive system for unequal application of the law.** 

“If you don’t know what the law is, it is impossible to obey it.” —Vikrant Reddy— 

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