Matthew Cavedon is the Director of the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice. He focuses on reforming plea-driven mass adjudication, ensuring police accountability and defending constitutional criminal originalism. Cavedon’s scholarship features in several publications, including the Arizona State Law Journal, Cato Supreme Court Review, Seattle University Law Review and Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy. Previously a Georgia public defender and fellow at the Institute for Justice, Cavedon has taught courses on criminal law and procedure, and the First Amendment. He clerked for a US district court and the Supreme Court of Georgia. He earned his Master of Theological Studies degree at Emory University and his Doctor of Law degree at the Emory University School of Law.