The Flimsy RICO Case Against Atlanta's Cop City Protestors
Law enforcement officials appear to have tarred ad hoc bands of protesters as members of an organized criminal movement.
Law enforcement officials appear to have tarred ad hoc bands of protesters as members of an organized criminal movement.
His mom is rejecting the prosecutors' absurdly strict probation rules.
An error-prone investigation in search of a fugitive led police to Amy Hadley's house.
An NBC investigation revealed how Jackson, Mississippi, police keep burying people in pauper's graves after failing to inform their families about their deaths.
LaShawn Craig may spend years behind bars—because the gun he used to justifiably shoot someone was unlicensed.
“I couldn’t believe it was my baby,” Amanda Bews' mother said. "She looked like she was mummified."
He is not the first defendant that has struggled to reconcile the controversial raids with self-defense.
Maybe Brett Hankison shouldn't have been found not guilty, but he was. The Constitution says it should stop there.
Florida's mandatory minimum sentences created a large, elderly prison population. Now the bill is coming due.
"Alabama law sets the age of majority at 19 years old, not 18 years. An 18-year-old is thus a minor," say Casey McWhorter's lawyers.
Almost 10 years after his arrest, Marvin Guy will soon learn if he'll spend the rest of his life in prison.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently showed off the autonomous security robot the city is piloting.
A 9-year-old lab mix wandered away from home during a storm. When a neighbor called the police to help find the dog's family, cops shot the pup instead.
Across the country, ghoulish cities have outlawed teenage trick-or-treaters.
Popular podcasts and shows portray crime as salacious and sexy, failing ordinary victims in the process.
Individuals are waiting months to have their criminal records expunged after court orders, according to a new lawsuit.
Douglass Mackey's case raised questions about free speech, overcriminalization, and a politicized criminal legal system.
President Biden commemorated the 25th anniversary of his tragic death by celebrating legislation passed in Shepard's name. But it was based on a major falsehood.
Let's celebrate her return without exaggerating the relevant dangers; stranger abductions are rare.
Stop enabling thieves by owning stuff.
"The police are free to ask questions, and the public is free to ignore them," wrote a federal judge.
With a second term, the former president promised to end California's water shortage, clear homeless encampments, and conduct the biggest deportation operation in American history.
We need less intrusive law enforcement, not the treatment of crime as a lark.
Pence suggested executing mass shooters in "months, not years," but that would remove crucial procedural protections—and not just for those who are obviously guilty.
The best reforms would correct the real problems of overcriminalization and overincarceration, as well as removing all artificial barriers to building more homes.
Popular podcasts and shows portray crime as salacious and sexy, failing ordinary victims in the process.
Mayor Brandon Johnson should remember the sorry history of state-run supermarkets.
St. Paul police officer Heather Weyker has thus far managed to get immunity for upending Hamdi Mohamud's life.
The Colorado governor finds common ground with many libertarians. But does he really stand for more freedom?
Plus: A listener question about the continued absurdity of sports stadium subsidies
Haters and lovers of the former president can both express their diametrically opposed views with a Trump mug-shot mug.
Mug shots are not taken to humiliate a defendant before they've been convicted. But that's the purpose they widely serve now.
End the government’s plea-bargaining racket with open and adversarial jury trials.
The decision supports the notion that victims are entitled to recourse when the state retaliates against people for their words. But that recourse is still not guaranteed.
"You don't have to punish me because I am already punishing myself," says Tabitha Frank.
Even if background check applicants are guilty of wrongdoing, imposing lifetime bans on gainful employment is not a good policy.
unwillingness to charge and prosecute people who murder and commit life threatening serious crimes, and the proliferation of anti-police rhetoric have created a heyday for Oakland criminals."
Maurice Jimmerson finally got a trial after a decade of pretrial detention. It ended in a hung jury.
Police claimed Mack Nelson fell while resisting an officer. A video proved them wrong.
Damien Smith claims in a new lawsuit that police racially profiled him and violated his First, Fourth, and 14th Amendment rights.
The Center has gotten rich in part thanks to its "hate map," which smears many good people.
Brooke Jenkins took office one year ago this week promising more prosecution for drug and property crime offenders. Crime and overdoses still went up.
Civil forfeiture is a highly unaccountable practice. The justices have the opportunity to make it a bit less so.
At a recent congressional hearing, Republicans and Democrats sparred over clemency. But they share more common ground than they'd like to admit.