Criminal Justice
Why Ending Mass Incarceration Means Locking Up Fewer Violent Criminals: A Conversation with John Pfaff
Author of Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration-and How to Achieve Real Reform talks about why ending the drug war isn't enough.
Pot-Shop Cop Reinstatement Gives Police Black Eye
Police union-backed rules protect bad cops.
Ted Cruz: Republicans Have to Support Asset Forfeiture Reform
Says he can't back criminal justice reform for violent offenders.
Arizona Bill to Crack Down on Rioters Could Be Used to Shut Down Protests
Adding rioting to racketeering laws could lead to arrests of peaceful organizers, opponents fear.
New Orleans Police Chief Says He Needs to Hire and Fire Commanders at Will to Protect Reforms
Says the commanders are responsible for many reforms already implemented.
Police, Criminal Justice, and the Millennial Vote
Emily Ekins on the Latest Polling Numbers
When Even Prosecutors Can't Be Informed About Corrupt Cops, We've Got a Problem
California's shielding of police misconduct affects criminal cases.
Book Aims to Roll Back Surveillance and Force Via More Democracy
Matt Welch reviews Barry Friedman's Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission in the Wall Street Journal
ACLU To File Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Milwaukee Over Stop-and-Frisk
A class-action federal civil rights lawsuit argues the Milwaukee Police Department's suspicionless stop-and-frisk practices are unconstitutional.
Sen. Wyden Calls for Warrants for Tech Searches on the Border
Court decisions have decimated Fourth Amendment protections for people on the edges of the country.
Cell Blocks Aren't Psych Wards
Even with the best of intentions, using jails to house the mentally ill is a bad policy.
Legislators Who Supported Criminal Justice Reform Now Sponsoring Tougher Heroin Bills
Heroin hysteria is in full swing this year.
Deported for Giving a Handjob?
For some unlucky women, wiping a cop's semen from their massage-table may be one of the last things they do in this country.
Houston D.A. Will No Longer Prosecute Pot Cases, Outraging Other Prosecutors
This is why we can't have nice things.
Talking Trump, Michael Flynn Resignation, and Civil-Asset Forfeiture: Nick Gillespie on Keith Larson
"You are on Twitter like all day."
Officials Continue to Dodge Attempts to Disclose Use of Stingrays
The government doesn't want you to know how much it uses the mass surveillance devices.
Ashton Kutcher Claims He Helped Cops Save Way More Sex-Trafficking Victims Than Authorities Say They've Found
How can Kutcher's group have helped in dramatically more sex-trafficking investigations than were actually opened across America?
Watch NYPD Officer Use Taser on an Unarmed Pregnant 17-Year-Old
Even though she was surrounded by police officers who could have subdued her, the girl was tased for resisting arrest.
Chaffetz Wants Cops to Get a Warrant Before Snooping on Your Cellphone
The Department of Homeland Security spent more than $1.8 million on grants that allow local police departments to buy and use stingrays.
You're Not Really a 'Sanctuary City' If You Keep Sending the Police to Harass the Poor
Oppressive municipal codes expose immigrants to potential deportation methods.
Refugee Rape Mobs on New Year's Eve Were a Hoax, Say German Police
Reports of mass New Year's Eve sexual-assaults by refugees in Frankfurt, Germany, are "completely baseless."
Teen Girl Sent Teen Boy 5 Inappropriate Pictures. He Faced Lifetime Registry as a 'Violent Sex Offender' or 350 Years in Jail.
Welcome to the world of teens, computers, and prosecutors who want to look tough on sex offenders.
Rand Paul, to Libertarians Critical of His Sessions Vote: 'I would suggest that maybe they spend some of their time on the other 99 less libertarian senators'
Libertarianish senator decries 'character assassination,' discusses his Obamacare replacement plan, and compares the anti-Trump left to the Tea Party
Law Enforcement Leaders Release Agenda Calling for Trump Administration to End 'Unnecessary Incarceration'
Current and former prosecutors and police chiefs say "today's crime policies...are simply ineffective in preserving public safety."
Protests Over Alleged Rape by French Police Turn Violent
An initial police investigation found the rape of a 22-year-old was 'accidental.'
Trump's Executive Orders on Crime are More of the Same, Just More Intense Rhetoric, Says Harvey Silverglate
Trump's orders are "draconian" but Obama gets too much credit for too little actual criminal justice reform, according to famed civil liberties attorney.
3 Reasons Trump Is Wrong to Oppose Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform
Civil asset forfeiture reform is an idea that's time has come, in Texas and elsewhere, whether Donald Trump is ready or not.
What Was Rand Paul Thinking in Voting for Jeff Sessions? That the A.G. Agrees With President Trump (Updated)
Senator and staff explain the puzzle of opposing Loretta Lynch, supporting Jeff Sessions, and threatening to filibuster Elliott Abrams
Ready for a Federal 'Blue Lives Matter' Law?
Trump releases executive orders calling for more federal action on crime-fighting, police protections.
Is Trump a 'Fascist, Loofa-Faced, Shit-Gibbon' for Opposing Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform? (New Reason Podcast)
"The police don't have to even charge you with a crime to seize your stuff."
Georgia Bill Would Require Universities to Hand Over Rape Investigations to the Police
Supporters of the bill say current rules infringe on students' due process rights.
How a Heartwarming 'Hero Flight Attendant' Meme Helps Donald Trump Deport People
A viral tale of Alaska Airlines staff saving a sex-trafficked teen turns out to be propaganda for federal immigration enforcement.
Trump Does Not Know What Civil Forfeiture Is, but He Likes It
The president agrees there should be no restraint on a form of legalized theft he clearly does not understand.
The Sessions Debacle, the Travel Ban SNAFU, and Trump's Residency Between Your Ears: Matt Welch on Red Eye
Watch Fox News at 3 a.m. for some unkind words about Elizabeth Warren, the new attorney general, and people with cracked iPhones
Jeff Sessions, Fan of the Drug War and Asset Forfeiture, Confirmed as Attorney General
Sen. Rand Paul votes aye with rest of GOP.
The Fight for Criminal Justice Reform is Moving to the States
New initiatives by criminal justice groups will target state-level reform, where 86 percent of U.S. prisoners are held.
Get Acquitted on Gun Possession Charges. Get Sent To Prison for Over 3 Years Anyway.
That happened to Wisconsin man Damien Payne, because he was on parole.
