Crime

Politics

Put That Thing Away!

Jacob Sullum | 3.8.2010 11:32 AM

Policy

Satanic Panic and the West Memphis Three

Damon Root | 2.25.2010 10:19 AM

Policy

Weaponizing Mozart

How Britain is using classical music as a form of social control

Brendan O'Neill | 2.24.2010 4:30 PM

Politics

Judge Alex Kozinski: The Fourth Amendment is Gone. "Welcome to the fish bowl."

Damon Root | 2.23.2010 3:29 PM

Politics

Clemency Under Fire

A parolee turned cop killer sparks an ill-informed debate about pardons and commutations.

Radley Balko | 2.23.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

Guns: Not Just for the Home Anymore

Brian Doherty | 2.22.2010 5:31 PM

Policy

Is Texas About To Execute Another Innocent Man?

State officials would rather kill a prisoner than give him a DNA test.

Radley Balko | 2.22.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

Immigration and Crime

There's nothing to fear from illegal immigrants

Steve Chapman | 2.22.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

How Many More Are Innocent?

America's 250th DNA exoneration raises questions about how often we send the wrong person to prison.

Radley Balko | 2.8.2010 3:00 PM

Politics

Watchdogs and Watches

Russian journalists publish a subtle exposé.

Radley Balko | 1.29.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

Brady Campaign Boosts Obama Campaign With Its Seal of Disapproval

Jacob Sullum | 1.19.2010 6:54 PM

Policy

Dirty Old Men and Judicial Deviation

Jacob Sullum | 12.23.2009 5:20 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: DC Cop vs. Snowball Throwers, Exclusive Video; UPDATED with Today Show Footage!

Nick Gillespie | 12.21.2009 8:35 AM

Crime

Death of a Watchdog

Pete Shellem, crime reporter

Radley Balko | 12.14.2009 6:01 PM

Policy

When Living Standards Regress to 2002 Levels*, Survivors Will Envy the Dead

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.9.2009 11:58 PM

Policy

Clemency on Trial

Most governors grant clemency for the wrong reasons. Here's what coverage of the Huckabee/Clemons case is missing.

Radley Balko | 12.8.2009 12:00 PM

Policy

Reading People's Faces

Tattoos, dueling scars, and other rational acquisitions

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 12.3.2009 4:30 PM

Policy

As Employment Falls, So Does Crime

Jacob Sullum | 12.2.2009 4:03 PM

Policy

Another Broken Myth: Foreclosures and Crime Rates

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.23.2009 5:35 PM

Policy

How to Get Ahead in Law

Bernard Baran served 22 years on dubious child molestation charges, but the prosecutor who convicted him was promoted to judge.

Radley Balko | 11.20.2009 3:00 PM

Policy

How Could He Have Strangled Her Without a Permit to Carry a Handgun?

Jacob Sullum | 11.18.2009 12:38 PM

Policy

Hasan Had a Carry Permit (and Other Irrelevancies)

Jacob Sullum | 11.13.2009 2:31 PM

Policy

The Folly of Unilateral Disarmament

At Fort Hood "more guns" assuredly were "the solution to gun violence."

Jacob Sullum | 11.11.2009 7:00 AM

Policy

Some Officers of Their Own

Jesse Walker | 11.10.2009 9:52 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: ObamaCare, the PATRIOT Act, a Climate Bill, and More

Jesse Walker | 11.6.2009 8:17 AM

Policy

Boulder Cops Smash Naked Pumpkin Run

Radley Balko | 11.2.2009 8:33 AM

Politics

No Accountability

Why are bad prosecutors so rarely punished?

Radley Balko | 10.26.2009 12:00 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Hate Crimes, Net Neutrality, the National Debt, and the Bible

Jesse Walker | 10.23.2009 8:59 AM

Policy

Naked Coffee Guy Update

Radley Balko | 10.21.2009 8:50 PM

Policy

Man Arrested for Being Naked in His Own Kitchen

Radley Balko | 10.21.2009 12:42 PM

Policy

We're All Felons, Now

Perpetual public fear of crime has turned us all into criminals.

Radley Balko | 10.19.2009 12:00 PM

Politics

Could Politically Incorrect Speakers Be Charged With Aiding and Abetting Hate Crimes?

Jacob Sullum | 10.15.2009 1:54 PM

Politics

Bigot Bonus

Under a new federal law, the wrong beliefs can trigger a second trial and extra prison time.

Jacob Sullum | 10.14.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Pelosi vs. the ACLU on the Federal Hate Crime Bill

Jacob Sullum | 10.13.2009 10:40 PM

Policy

Revisiting the West Memphis Three

Damon Root | 10.13.2009 2:29 PM

Policy

The Menace of Overeager Cub Scouts

Jacob Sullum | 10.12.2009 1:36 PM

Policy

How Many Times Will the House Boldly Condemn Hate Crimes?

Jacob Sullum | 10.9.2009 4:15 PM

Policy

Reason Morning Links: FCC Follies, Frivolous Takedown Notices, and the Senate Rape Caucus

Jesse Walker | 10.8.2009 8:16 AM

Policy

Why Skydivers Would Be Better Off Without Parachutes

Jacob Sullum | 10.5.2009 6:13 PM

Policy

What Do We Owe Exonerated Inmates?

Why justice demands full atonement when we punish the innocent

Steve Chapman | 9.24.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on Detroit's Illusory Renaissance

Reason Staff | 9.9.2009 10:34 AM

Policy

When Compassion is Cruel

Justice demands that killers serve out their full sentences

Steve Chapman | 9.7.2009 7:00 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Bigfoot Banks, Bigfoot Crooks, and Bigfoot's Successor

Jesse Walker | 8.28.2009 8:10 AM

Policy

Police Also Plan to Stab People and Take Their Wallets to Highlight the Risk of Mugging

Jacob Sullum | 8.27.2009 1:09 PM

Policy

Surveillance Cameras in London: Maybe Only One in a Thousand Solve Crimes, But at Least They All Keep an Eye on People

Brian Doherty | 8.24.2009 7:17 PM

Politics

Lockerbie and Old Lace

What does a thumbprint at the scene of a Scottish spinster's murder have to do with the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103?

Radley Balko | 8.24.2009 12:00 PM

Politics

Shepard Fairey Makes Irony Feel New Again

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.16.2009 5:54 PM

Policy

Insert Network Reference Here

Jesse Walker | 8.16.2009 12:22 PM