Can Larry Krasner Fix Philly's Crime Problem?
Philadelphia's progressive district attorney tried to enact criminal justice reform—and got impeached for his trouble.
Philadelphia's progressive district attorney tried to enact criminal justice reform—and got impeached for his trouble.
The actor is a polarizing figure. That shouldn't matter when evaluating the criminal case against him.
Justice Department regulations threaten people with prosecution for failing to register even when their state no longer requires it.
Enforcing all the laws, all the time.
Bradley Bass is facing 12 years in prison, despite the fact that he was doing his job as a school administrator.
There is little utility to charging 10-year-olds as adults, yet Wisconsin still mandates the practice in certain cases.
In 2020, police severely injured Karen Garner when they arrested her for petty theft. While two officers faced time behind bars for the incident, a newly released report makes even more misconduct public.
The music industry objects to the use of rap lyrics by prosecutors.
Norma Thornton of Bullhead City, Arizona, is suing for the right to help people in need.
Pardoning possession offenders is nice. Taking his boot off the necks of cannabis sellers would be even better.
In Criminal (In)Justice, the Manhattan Institute scholar argues that most reforms favored by social justice activists—and many libertarians—make life worse for communities of color.
In Criminal (In)Justice, the Manhattan Institute scholar argues that most reforms favored by social justice activists—and many libertarians—make life worse for communities of color.
"This is inhumane," one child told state inspectors.
Frank Javier Fonseca's punishment, which may amount to a life sentence, is a microcosm for many of the issues with the U.S. criminal legal system.
The felony murder rule continues to criminalize people for killing people they didn't actually kill.
The case of Jose Alba reminds us that progressive prosecutors don't always apply their principles when they're inconvenient.
On Wednesday, a Massachusetts judge will decide whether Joao DePina will face the possibility of a decade behind bars for publicly criticizing a district attorney.
The city is insisting that 71-year-old Arslan Guney pay nearly $5,000 to cover the alleged costs of restoring the gym floor.
Maria Falcon doesn't have a business license. So New York police officers detained her and confiscated all of her merchandise.
Arslan Guney spent 10 hours in jail for making a few marks on a gym floor. He could still get three years in prison.
The San Fransicko author on fighting homelessness and mental illnesses without shredding civil liberties.
The felony murder rule is a perversion of justice—even when used against unsympathetic defendants.
The dog died after the man went to jail for exercising his First Amendment rights.
A holistic look at the data shatters the narrative about bias-based violence.
What happens when a community bail fund stops paying bail and starts trying to abolish it?
The sheriff's predictive policing program has caused more problems than it's solved.
Such punitive measures do not make society any safer.
A North Carolina city council member wants to make feeding homeless people a misdemeanor.
Returning traffic enforcement and criminal law enforcement to their proper spheres could put both police and drivers at ease.
Legislators cannot have it both ways.
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids railed against cops for enforcing the same kind of anti-vaping rule they help pass.
Dumb laws lead to police brutality.
The victim will now have no right to argue his case before a jury in civil court.
There are many other people who deserve such mercy.
George Wingate, who had pulled over on the side of the road to check an engine light, flatly refused to show his ID when a sheriff's deputy demanded it.
If public health scolds get their way, they will worsen the nation’s overcriminalization problem.
It's yet another example of the effects of having to enforce dumb laws.
From protests to the coronavirus, it thinks it can protect you from anything.
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Some states have taken action. It's time for the federal government to do the same.
The women's liberation movement has gotten tied to mass incarceration. It needs to break free.
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For possessing a gun while committing a crime—even when no one is killed—too many defendants are slammed with sentences decades or even centuries longer than justice demands.
The U.S. has an interest in protecting its political system from manipulation by foreign enemies or their paid agents. But treason and espionage are already illegal, as is bribery.