Criminal Justice

• Innocence Is No Defense Against Virginia's Sex Offender Registry, Jacob Sullum, November 28, 2011
• Don't Worry: The President Will Have Complete Discretion to Imprison People Without Trial, Jacob Sullum, November 28, 2011
• L.A. Times: “Criminal defendants find an unlikely friend in Justice Scalia”, Damon W. Root, November 28, 2011
• Gag Order Silences Parents of Boy Charged With Sexual Assault for Playing Doctor, Jacob Sullum, November 28, 2011
• Parents Sue D.A. for Charging Their 6-Year-Old Son With a Felony After He Played Doctor With a 5-Year-Old Girl, Jacob Sullum, November 23, 2011
• Is the Government Catching Terrorists or Creating Them?, Jacob Sullum, November 23, 2011
• More of These, Please: Obama's First Commutation, Jacob Sullum, November 22, 2011
• Why Must Prosecutors Be Told to Follow the Law?, Jacob Sullum, November 21, 2011
• 20 Years Later, Mandatory Minimum Sentences Are Still Mindlessly Draconian, Jacob Sullum, November 18, 2011
• St. Louis Police Object to Collecting Their Own DNA, Jacob Sullum, November 14, 2011
• Supreme Court Mulls Warrantless GPS Tracking, Jacob Sullum, November 10, 2011
• How Many Brady Violations Does It Take to Make a Pattern?, Jacob Sullum, November 8, 2011
• A Life Sentence for Possessing Child Pornography, Jacob Sullum, November 7, 2011
• Riverside County, CA Wants Jails to Become "Prison Hotels," Without the Amenities, Seth McKelvey, November 4, 2011
• Sentencing Guidelines for Crack Cocaine Offenses Are Now Officially Less Appalling, Lucy Steigerwald, November 1, 2011
• Safeway Not So Safe for 2-Year-Old Girls With Absentminded Parents, Jacob Sullum, November 1, 2011
• Texas Sheriff's Dept. Gets Unmanned Aerial Drone, But Don't Worry: "It'll Be Used For Situations We Have With Criminals.", Katherine Mangu-Ward, October 31, 2011
• Chicago May Decriminalize Marijuana Possession, Jacob Sullum, October 28, 2011
• Did I Ever Tell You About My Medal of Honor?, Jacob Sullum, October 19, 2011
• Cameras for Me but Not for Thee, Jacob Sullum, October 12, 2011
• Jerry Brown Lets Police Rummage Suspects' Mobile Phones Without a Warrant, Jacob Sullum, October 11, 2011
• Radley Balko on Why Americans Support the Death Penalty, Damon W. Root, September 29, 2011
• Freedom of the Press Belongs to Everyone, Jacob Sullum, September 28, 2011
• The Escalating Penalty for Asserting Your Right to a Trial, Jacob Sullum, September 26, 2011
• NYC Police Commissioner Tells Cops to Stop Arresting Pot Smokers for Following Instructions, Jacob Sullum, September 23, 2011
• Do Cops Need a Warrant to Track Down Your Cell Phone?, Jacob Sullum, September 23, 2011
• You Call That a Mandatory Minimum?, Jacob Sullum, September 23, 2011
• New Evidence Supports Sequential Presentation of Suspect Photos to Eyewitnesses, Jacob Sullum, September 21, 2011
• The Government Blames Full Tilt Poker for the Disruption the Government Deliberately Created, Jacob Sullum, September 21, 2011
• Reason.tv: Cops Vs. Cameras: The Killing of Kelly Thomas & The Power of New Media, Paul Detrick, September 21, 2011
• Judge Rejects Eavesdropping Charges for Recording Police, Jacob Sullum, September 20, 2011
• Cell Phone Video Contradicts Police, Leads to Acquittal, Jacob Sullum, September 19, 2011
• Who Wouldn't Want to Give DSK a Blowjob?, Jacob Sullum, September 19, 2011
• “Should Faking a Name on Facebook Be a Felony?”, Damon W. Root, September 15, 2011
• Why Should We Care If Sarah Palin Snorted Cocaine?, Jacob Sullum, September 15, 2011
• California Mothers in Prison May be Going Home Soon, Lucy Steigerwald, September 13, 2011
• 'Someone at That Office Must Have Misread the Statute', Jacob Sullum, September 9, 2011
• Renton Police Drop Cyberstalking Investigation of Cartoon Creator, Pursue Harassment Claim Instead, Jacob Sullum, September 7, 2011
• Rick Perry's Criminal Justice Record, Jacob Sullum, September 2, 2011
• Texas Sporting News, Jacob Sullum, September 2, 2011
• The ACLU and the DOJ Form a Medical Marijuana Alliance, Jacob Sullum, September 2, 2011
• More Apparent Evidence Tampering From Michael West, Bite Mark "Expert", Lucy Steigerwald, September 1, 2011
• Because 25 Years for 25 Grams of Percocet Was Not Tough Enough, Jacob Sullum, September 1, 2011
• Michael Lind: Libertarians "Apologize for Autocracy" and "Side with the Confederacy", Damon W. Root, August 31, 2011
• 'FIRE Is Sticking Up for Penises Everywhere', Jacob Sullum, August 29, 2011
• Supreme Court Will Weigh In on Eyewitness Testimony, Damon W. Root, August 23, 2011
• The West Memphis Three Are Free, Damon W. Root, August 19, 2011
• Will the West Memphis Three Be Set Free Today?, Damon W. Root, August 19, 2011
• 'The Department Does Not Like Laundry Being Aired in Public', Jacob Sullum, August 4, 2011
• Judge Rejects Florida's Drug Exception to Due Process, Jacob Sullum, August 4, 2011
• You Can Grow It, but Not in Front of the Kids, Jacob Sullum, August 3, 2011
• Allow Me to Introduce My Victim, Jacob Sullum, July 27, 2011
• Obama Supports a 'Public Health' Approach to Drugs, but Only in Theory, Jacob Sullum, July 27, 2011
• 'I Can Never Have Faith in Justice in This Country Again', Jacob Sullum, July 26, 2011
• If at First You Don't Get a Prison Sentence, Try, Try Again, Jacob Sullum, July 25, 2011
• Targeting Child Porn With Sarbanes-Oxley; or, How to Cut Your Sentence in Half With a Hammer, Jacob Sullum, July 22, 2011
• Scientific Evidence Clearly Shows That Ecstasy Is Only 200 Times As Bad As Pot, Jacob Sullum, July 22, 2011
• At the University of North Dakota, Yes Also Means No, Jacob Sullum, July 21, 2011
• Stanford So Smart Even Its Rapists Are Logical, Tim Cavanaugh, July 21, 2011
• California Court Says Child Porn Requires Real Children, Jacob Sullum, July 20, 2011
• A Pocketknife Earns Expulsion but Not a Felony Conviction, Jacob Sullum, July 20, 2011
• New Jersey Proceeds With Medical Marijuana Dispensaries While Arizona Hangs Back, Jacob Sullum, July 19, 2011
• California's Highest-Paid State Employee Is a Doctor No One Trusts to Treat Patients, Matt Welch, July 13, 2011
• Sheriff's Deputy Kills Former NFL Player Outside a Convenience Store, Jacob Sullum, July 12, 2011
• Bill James: "The human race has been in a long struggle to eliminate murder. And we will succeed.", Matt Welch, July 6, 2011
• Cory Maye's Judgment Day, Matt Welch, July 6, 2011
• Dueling Perspectives on the Case Against DSK, Jacob Sullum, July 6, 2011
• An Open Letter From Cory Maye, Matt Welch, July 1, 2011
• Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance Accountable for DSK Debacle, Tim Cavanaugh, July 1, 2011
• Does the New Medical Marijuana Memo Signal Tolerance for Small Dispensaries?, Jacob Sullum, July 1, 2011