Reason Foundation Issues Commentary: Why Clearance Rates Matter - A Practical Metric for Criminal Justice System Reform
February 25, 2026
February 25, 2026
LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 25 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary on Feb. 24, 2026, by senior policy fellow Hanna Liebman Dershowitz:
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Why clearance rates matter: A practical metric for criminal justice system reform
Clearance rates can help ensure that criminal justice system reforms deliver on their core promise: greater safety, achieved through effectiveness rather than excess.
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For decades, debates . . .
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Why clearance rates matter: A practical metric for criminal justice system reform
Clearance rates can help ensure that criminal justice system reforms deliver on their core promise: greater safety, achieved through effectiveness rather than excess.
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For decades, debates . . .