Newsday: Pitch for changing prosecutions: 'Save money,' not 'social justice'

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The advocates said they hope that appealing to principles like lower taxes, small government — and the experiences of tough-on-crime states like Texas — can convince Long Islanders to back some of the biggest changes since the 1970s to how New York prosecutes defendants.

“If you talk about it like it’s a social-justice issue, they will just look at you like, ‘What are you talking about?’ ” said Lauren Krisai of the Justice Action Network, which aims to unite the political left and right. "But if you talk about it in a way that's, like, look, this is going to save money. ... I think that they'll start to sort of understand where you're coming from."

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/criminal-justice-reform-ny-conservatives-1.27987754