James Craven is a senior fellow at Reason Foundation, where he focuses on criminal justice and drug policy issues.

Craven formerly led Reason’s criminal justice reform project as acting director.

Prior to his work at Reason, he worked as a defense attorney representing private and indigent clients throughout North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad area.

Craven graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2013.

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