• Change laws to eliminate jail time for some nonviolent, nonaggravated offenses. (Public defenders only handle cases with a risk of incarceration.)

• Change rules to allow the advance interview of a criminal case witness to be electronically recorded, saving time and money on deposition transcripts.

• Restrict changes of venue to mostly felonies and allow the change only for the trial, not pretrial hearings.

• Change rules to extend time standards in a way that would allow defendants in misdemeanor cases more time to secure money for private counsel.

• Differentiate felony from misdemeanor cases when deciding who is indigent, reflecting that it usually costs less to obtain private counsel in misdemeanors.

• Establish a permanent Missouri Bar committee on issues related to funding for prosecutors and public defenders.

• Pass legislation encouraging diversion programs for low-level, nonviolent offenders to make restitution and obtain treatment without burdening the court system.