- Increased public awareness about the harms of mass incarceration and the role of front-end system actors in its creation and growth, enabling voters to make informed decisions when electing these officials.
- A new vision for public safety and justice, particularly for communities of color and disadvantaged individuals, driven by front-end actors, like prosecutors, who manage the entry and exit points of the criminal legal system.
- Increased public scrutiny and heightened accountability that encourages justice system actors to seek incarceration only as a last resort, favoring alternatives to incarceration and replacing outdated policies with approaches that recognize the significance of fostering communities.
- Reforms to the criminal justice system that continue to highlight racial disparities in arrests, charging, bail, plea bargaining, trial adjudication, and sentencing.
- The facilitation of reforms that eliminate racial bias in the criminal system by encouraging front-end actors to account for racial impact in all policy decisions.
- Prosecutors to hold other law enforcement actors accountable by seeking charges for police misconduct, including police-involved injuries where excessive force is used.
- Protecting constitutional rights of accused persons such as unbiased jury selection (Batson), disclosure of exculpatory evidence (Brady)¸ the right to counsel (Gideon), and the right and a speedy trial (Sixth Amendment).
- Transparency and public reporting of data to promote better outcomes across the criminal justice system, particularly with prosecution and policing.
