Gary Charles
Criminal Justice Reform Policy Analyst
Gary Charles is a criminal justice reform policy analyst at Reason Foundation.
Before joining Reason Foundation, Charles clerked for Chief Judge Erik P. Kimball in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Charles graduated from the University of the Pacific with a bachelor’s degree in political science and from American University Washington College of Law with his juris doctorate.
He is based in Washington, D.C.
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Study estimates that 30,000 people are arrested each year due to incorrect field drug tests
Presumptive field tests lead to thousands of wrongful arrests and convictions.
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Alabama courts keep money from fines that should go to victims
Alabama’s current system of fines and fees is geared more towards funding the government than ensuring victims receive restitution they are owed.
