On Tuesday, voters in six states approved Crime Victims' Rights Amendments, continuing a long-term trend towards expanding the crime victim's role in the criminal justice process
"He was releasing everybody. Apparently he was saying that's what the voters wanted."
Maybe Trump should nominate Kim Kardashian West.
A sheriff in Etowah County purchased a $740,000 beach house with money intended to feed inmates.
Amash and Massie will return. Michigan will have legal weed. No Nevada brothels will be banned. And more...
An apt summary, from Prof. Glenn Reynolds (InstaPundit).
What language, other than English, is visibly ALL UPPERCASE in this "I voted" sticker I just got here in L.A.?
Is that an allegation of abuse?
The Supreme Court issues its first OT2018 decision in an argued case.
It just makes sense to let jurors know about their already established power to exercise discretion over bad laws and ill-considered prosecutions.
Join us to see Eugene Volokh, Nadine Strossen, and moderator Brad Smith discuss the Emerging Issues in Free Speech
The bold predictions episode (No. 238) of the Cyberlaw Podcast
The percentage of Americans with anti-Semitic attitudes has been stable, but anti-Semites are more active, more visible, and more willing to express their views than in the past.
As more reforms take hold, expect more challenges-especially if states end up detaining more people.
When Tessah Mitchell attempted to register her children for day care, a crime from 18 years ago caught up with her.
It's not a cut-and-dried case. But the officer's life doesn't appear to be have been in any danger.
My co-authored amicus brief urges the Supreme Court to bring an end to decades-long abusive litigation by convicted murderer Russell Bucklew.
Conservatives' over-the-top attacks on George Soros Mirror Progressives' attacks on the Koch Brothers During the Obama Administration
Niskanen Center President Jerry Taylor argues that we should reject libertarianism and other ideologies in favor of "moderation." But, in truth, we cannot and should not abjure ideology. Trying to do so is likely to increase bias, not curb it.
A barbaric sentence, unpurged voters, and a porcine gag order.
Trump's comments are not the same as the Nigerian Army's actions. But regardless of the nation, shooting protesters is bad.
Radley Balko thoroughly documents a culture of misconduct, incompetence, and poor training, and the unnecessary deaths that resulted.
For those of us who remember State v. Reeves, the Tennessee attempted-poisoning case discussed in the very popular Dressler Criminal Law casebook.
Since 2005, at least five police officers and four deputies have been arrested for sexual misconduct.
The officer was caught on video threatening to plant a "kilo of coke" in another teen's pocket.
Candidates used to let political operatives do the dirty work so they could appear above it all. Not Trump.
In a new law review article, I try to provide a realistic estimate of the rate. I come up with tentative range of somewhere between 0.016% and 0.062% -- well below the figure of 1% to 4% that is often cited as the conventional wisdom.
The sheriff's over-the-top "no trick or treat" signs might make him feel better, but they're actually harming more people than they're helping.
Under Tennessee's harsh drug-free school zone laws, Bryant received a 17-year sentence for a first-time drug offense.
A city ordinance let officers harass women as part of a licensing inspection process. A judge ruled it unconstitutional.
Their having dated in law school was well-known, but the proposal was not.
The man refused to obey their orders. But his death was probably avoidable.
Plus: Halloween Netflix recommendations and a glimpse of Trump trick-or-treating.
The federal case against the Pittsburgh shooter is redundant and constitutionally questionable.
A decade of surveillance from the civil rights era makes a technology and social-media-fueled return.
No matter how heinous the crime, the state shouldn't be in the business of killing its citizens.
Citizens of Coachella and Indio are fighting back against the private law firm that charged them for their own prosecutions.
In short, probably not. And about that ADL study everyone is citing...
Weeds, word counts, and would-be blood donors.
Activists assert that we must believe all alleged victims-even those who lost our trust.
What seems to be a real radio ad put out by the McCaskill campaign.
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