Sentencing

• On the Verge of Serving His Jail Sentence, Dharun Ravi Apologizes, Jacob Sullum, May 30, 2012
• Dharun Ravi Gets 30-Day Jail Sentence, Plus Probation, Jacob Sullum, May 21, 2012
• Will President Obama Commute Clarence Aaron’s Sentence?, Ed Krayewski, May 16, 2012
• How a Poster Boy for Commutation Falls Through the Cracks, Jacob Sullum, May 14, 2012
• She Stole His Heroin, So She Was the Victim, Jacob Sullum, May 10, 2012
• New York's Highest Court Says Merely Looking at Kiddie Porn Is Not a State Crime, Jacob Sullum, May 9, 2012
• How Dharun Ravi's Prosecutors Turned a Minor, Nonviolent Offense Into a Felony Subject to a 10-Year Prison Sentence, Jacob Sullum, May 2, 2012
• 'Shock Artist' Could Get 25 Years for Offending Federal Prosecutors, Jacob Sullum, May 1, 2012
• 20 Years for Standing Her Ground Against a Violent Husband, Jacob Sullum, April 25, 2012
• How Can Overcharging Be Ethical?, Jacob Sullum, April 16, 2012
• SCOTUS Says Defendants Have a Right to Effective Counsel in Deciding Whether to Reject a Plea Bargain, Jacob Sullum, March 21, 2012
• Does Tyler Clementi's Suicide Prove Dharun Ravi Is a Bigot?, Jacob Sullum, March 20, 2012
• Did Dharun Ravi Commit a Hateless Hate Crime?, Jacob Sullum, March 16, 2012
• Bill Bennett Takes Drug Policy Advice From Bruce Springsteen, Jacob Sullum, March 15, 2012
• Is Dharun Ravi Guilty of 'Bias Intimidation'?, Jacob Sullum, March 14, 2012
• Ordeal by Trial: Sowing Chaos With the Sixth Amendment, Jacob Sullum, March 12, 2012
• No Sex Tape, No Outing in Tyler Clementi Case, Jacob Sullum, February 28, 2012
• Rand Paul Blocks Synthetic Drug Bans, Jacob Sullum, February 23, 2012
• Montana Medical Marijuana Providers Get What Passes for Lenience Under Our Drug Laws, Jacob Sullum, February 20, 2012
• Rick Santorum Does Not Know Drug Offenders Have Families, Jacob Sullum, January 6, 2012
• Colorado Drug Warrior Busted for Meth Distribution, Jacob Sullum, November 30, 2011
• Should Judges Continue Imposing Sentences Congress Has Rejected as Unfair?, Jacob Sullum, November 30, 2011
• Innocence Is No Defense Against Virginia's Sex Offender Registry, Jacob Sullum, November 28, 2011
• More of These, Please: Obama's First Commutation, Jacob Sullum, November 22, 2011
• 20 Years Later, Mandatory Minimum Sentences Are Still Mindlessly Draconian, Jacob Sullum, November 18, 2011
• A Life Sentence for Possessing Child Pornography, Jacob Sullum, November 7, 2011
• Chicago May Decriminalize Marijuana Possession, Jacob Sullum, October 28, 2011
• The Escalating Penalty for Asserting Your Right to a Trial, Jacob Sullum, September 26, 2011
• You Call That a Mandatory Minimum?, Jacob Sullum, September 23, 2011
• 'Someone at That Office Must Have Misread the Statute', Jacob Sullum, September 9, 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
• U.S. Sentencing Commission Makes Crack Sentence Changes Retroactive, Jacob Sullum, June 30, 2011
• How Gingrich's Love Drives Him to Kill, Jacob Sullum, June 17, 2011
• California High School Accidentally Distributes Child Porn, Jacob Sullum, June 17, 2011
• Did Jimmy Carter End the War on Drugs?, Jacob Sullum, June 17, 2011
• Prison Guards Union Locks Up Benefits, Politicians, People, Tim Cavanaugh, June 7, 2011
• Growing Pot Remains a Felony in California, Jacob Sullum, June 3, 2011
• Holder Wants to Limit Crack Sentence Reductions, Jacob Sullum, June 3, 2011
• Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on the Conservative Response to the Supreme Court's Prison Crowding Decision, June 3, 2011
• Drug Offenders in California's Overcrowded Prisons, Jacob Sullum, May 24, 2011
• If Prostitutes Are Slaves, How Can Punishing Them Be Just?, Jacob Sullum, May 10, 2011
• Oklahoma: America's Indonesia, Jacob Sullum, April 28, 2011
• DOJ Denies Marc Emery's Transfer Request, Jacob Sullum, April 27, 2011
• The Salvia May Be Simulated, but the Bars Are Real, Jacob Sullum, March 16, 2011
• Drug Sentencing Reform in Kentucky, Jacob Sullum, March 10, 2011
• Mitch Daniels' Disappearing Felony, Jacob Sullum, February 25, 2011
• 'Never in My Wildest Dreams Did I Consider That Money to Be a Kickback', Jacob Sullum, February 23, 2011
• The Simpsons, Skins, and Child Porn, Jacob Sullum, January 20, 2011
• Glee, The Simpsons, and Virtual Child Porn, Jacob Sullum, October 21, 2010
• How Is Smoking Pot Like Beating an Old Lady?, Jacob Sullum, August 16, 2010
• The Economist on America's Senselessly Harsh Criminal Justice System, Jacob Sullum, August 2, 2010
• Guess How Many Senators Opposed Saving Kids From Dangerous Drugs, Jacob Sullum, July 30, 2010
• Mythical Meth, Cannabis Candy, and Ludicrous Legislators, Jacob Sullum, July 28, 2010
• Congress Approves Crack Sentencing Reform Bill, Jacob Sullum, July 28, 2010
• Prince of Pot to Be Extradited, Jacob Sullum, May 12, 2010
• How Charlie Lynch Got a One-Year Sentence for a Crime That Injured No One, Jacob Sullum, April 28, 2010
• Senate Approves Bill to Shrink the Crack Gap, Jacob Sullum, March 18, 2010
• Better Than Releasing People Who Don't Belong in Prison: Not Putting Them There to Begin With, Jacob Sullum, March 8, 2010
• New Jersey Scraps Mandatory Minimums Tied to Drug-Free Zones, Jacob Sullum, January 8, 2010
• Seven Years for Bong Water, Jacob Sullum, October 28, 2009
• Crack Sentencing Reform Getting Closer, Jacob Sullum, October 16, 2009
• A Never-Ending Sentence for the Sex Crime You Have Yet to Commit, Bill Flanigen, June 22, 2009
• Congressman Says 'Super-Marijuana' Gives You the Munchies for Brains, Jacob Sullum, June 19, 2009
• Why Not Two Days Instead of 366?, Jacob Sullum, June 12, 2009
• 'Incredible Is What the Law Requires', Jacob Sullum, May 22, 2009
• Drug Czar Calls for End to War on Drugs, Jacob Sullum, May 14, 2009
• Cyberbullying Sentencing Scheduled for May 18, Jacob Sullum, May 5, 2009
• Obama Administration Supports Eliminating Crack Sentencing Disparity, Jacob Sullum, April 29, 2009