Crime

Politics

Crooks Talk to Congress; Netflix Ninth-Worst Company; Comrade Vlad, and more: Reason Evening Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.8.2011 6:59 PM

Politics

Holder Fast and Furious Testimony: "I'm a big guy. I've been in Washington a long time."

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.8.2011 3:44 PM

Politics

Blago Sentenced; Deutsche Bank Bomb; Mumia Lives; New Planet, and More: Reason Evening Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.7.2011 5:28 PM

Politics

Pepper Spray's Progressive Origins

The government's favorite air freshener is also a tool of individual empowerment.

Greg Beato | 12.1.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Gag Order Silences Parents of Boy Charged With Sexual Assault for Playing Doctor

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2011 10:50 AM

Policy

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 | 11.23.2011 4:38 PM

Policy

A World Where Outlaw Bikers Are Bad, But Government Agents Are Even Worse

Damon Root | 11.22.2011 11:08 AM

Politics

New York Times Logic: Someone in a Class Did Something Bad with a Gun. No One in that Class Should Have a Gun.

Brian Doherty | 11.15.2011 8:43 PM

Politics

In Search of Free Will and Moral Responsibility

A review of Who's In Charge: Free Will and the Science of the Brain

Ronald Bailey | 11.15.2011 6:00 PM

Politics

How New York Won the War on Crime

Understanding Gotham's remarkable transformation

Steve Chapman | 11.14.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

JoePa's Legacy: Buggery and Looting. Moral: Retire At 70

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.10.2011 3:25 PM

Policy

Twelve Apathetic Men

Why no wants to get convicted of jury duty.

Greg Beato | 11.10.2011 1:30 PM

Policy

Riverside County, CA Wants Jails to Become "Prison Hotels," Without the Amenities

Seth McKelvey | 11.4.2011 5:00 PM

Policy

Critics of Online Sex Ads Hide Behind Children

Jacob Sullum | 10.31.2011 5:05 PM

FBI

The Vast Juggalo Conspiracy

Jesse Walker | 10.28.2011 10:44 AM

Politics

Rajaratnam and the "No One Has Gone to Prison" Myth

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.14.2011 8:40 PM

Politics

Conrad Murray Open Thread

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.14.2011 7:16 PM

Politics

U.N. Prohibitionists Document Prohibition-Related Violence

Jacob Sullum | 10.10.2011 2:30 PM

Policy

Radley Balko on Why Americans Support the Death Penalty

Damon Root | 9.29.2011 4:26 PM

Politics

California Democrats Also Run Out of Their Own Money

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.27.2011 1:12 AM

Politics

Rick Perry Has No Faith in Government but Total Faith in the Death Penalty

Why pro-death penalty rhetoric is not pro-individual rights.

Lucy Steigerwald | 9.22.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

Cory Maye Free After 10 Years

Jacob Sullum | 9.18.2011 7:38 PM

Politics

Medicare Thieves

Stealing from the government-run health care system is much easier-and potentially more lucrative-than dealing drugs.

Peter Suderman | 9.13.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

More Apparent Evidence Tampering From Michael West, Bite Mark "Expert"

Lucy Steigerwald | 9.1.2011 5:28 PM

Policy

Junkies Don't Need Drug Warriors to Save Them From Themselves

Shikha Dalmia | 9.1.2011 1:28 PM

Politics

Your Lying Eyes

How fallible memories send innocent people to prison

Jacob Sullum | 8.31.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

'FIRE Is Sticking Up for Penises Everywhere'

Jacob Sullum | 8.29.2011 3:03 PM

Politics

Injustice, In Plain Sight

The trouble with eyewitness testimony

Steve Chapman | 8.29.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

The West Memphis Three Are Free

Damon Root | 8.19.2011 2:34 PM

Politics

A False Remedy for Sex Offenders

Draconian laws offer counterfeit comfort.

Steve Chapman | 8.19.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Will the West Memphis Three Be Set Free Today?

Damon Root | 8.19.2011 8:23 AM

Policy

Allow Me to Introduce My Victim

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2011 6:16 PM

Policy

The Police Say David Lee Turner's Shooting Was Justified, but Their Account Suggests Otherwise

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2011 11:34 AM

Policy

'I Can Never Have Faith in Justice in This Country Again'

Jacob Sullum | 7.26.2011 10:43 AM

Policy

Spray Paint the Walls

Graffiti, art, and advertising

Greg Beato | 7.26.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Stanford So Smart Even Its Rapists Are Logical

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.21.2011 3:50 PM

Policy

'The Worst Attributes of Meth, Coke, PCP, LSD, and Ecstasy'

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2011 12:20 PM

Policy

The Dangers of "Caylee's Law"

Fruitless outrage won't prevent future tragedies.

Steve Chapman | 7.18.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

The Cautionary Tale of Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Understanding the collapsing case against the former I.M.F. chief

Cathy Young | 7.13.2011 6:00 PM

Policy

Sheriff's Deputy Kills Former NFL Player Outside a Convenience Store

Jacob Sullum | 7.12.2011 2:58 PM

Politics

"TSA Agent Caught With Passenger's iPad in His Pants; Allegedly Took $50,000 in Other Goods, Cops Say"

Matt Welch | 7.8.2011 9:30 AM