Friday A/V Club: Hillary vs. Superpredator
The 1990s saw a wave of weird warnings about a coming crime surge to be led by inhuman "superpredators." Guess who joined in?
Criminal Justice
'Body Cameras for Thee—but Not When You're With Me'
Bureaucracy turns Department of Justice into hilarious hypocrites
Hacked Contents of Millions of Prisoner Phone Calls Leaked to The Intercept (Updated: Securus Responds)
Likely violations of attorney-client privilege
The Halloween Hoaxes Keep Rolling In
Yet more tales of tampered candy are exposed as frauds.
Woman Arrested for Sexual Abuse After Twerking on Stranger in D.C. Store
As a proponent of gender-blind law, I understand why D.C. police must take the incident seriously. And yet...
Two Long Island 14-Year-Olds Charged With Felonies for Producing and Sharing a Video Showing One Them Having Sex With a Girl
Twenty other students were suspended for receiving the video on their cellphones.
The Real Sexting Scandal
Teenagers who swap nude photos of themselves should not be branded as sex offenders.
Institute for Justice Maps States That Still Love to Steal Your Stuff
Despite some reforms, civil asset forfeiture revenues continue to grow.
Drunk Off-Duty Chicago Cop Shot at Off-Duty Local Cop Trying to Pull Him Over
Charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm a year later; still with the police department
Tuscaloosa Cops Manhandle, Tase, Beat, and Cuff Students Whose Music Was Too Loud
The police chief says he was "deeply disturbed" by video of the incident.
Today at SCOTUS: The Sixth Amendment, Asset Forfeiture, and the Right to Counsel
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Luis v. United States.
State Investigates Why Cops Killed Idaho Rancher Who Was Trying to Put Down a Bull
It is not clear how a traffic accident escalated into Jack Yantis' death.
When Prohibitions Fail in Prison, How Can They Work in the World Outside?
Jailhouse black markets make a mockery of restrictions imposed in what are literally miniature police states.
Justice Sotomayor Faults SCOTUS for Sanctioning 'Shoot First, Think Later' Tactics by Police
The liberal justice files a lone dissent in Mullenix v. Luna.
Two Louisiana Cops Charged With Murder for Killing of Six-Year-Old
State police chief called body camera footage, unreleased, "disturbing"
6,000 Felons Released From Prison. Why You Shouldn't Worry.
Low-level, non-violent drug offenders with no history of violence.
What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About the Border
El Paso Rep. Beto O'Rourke explains what the GOP frontrunner misses about Mexican immigrants (and everything else).
Don't Be Afraid of Those 6,000 Felons Just Released From Prison
Families Against Mandatory Minimum's Kevin Ring makes the case for even more wide-ranging and far-reaching sentencing reform.
Legion of Armed, Upset Citizens Has a 'Surprise' Planned for Quentin Tarantino
Response to criticism of police misconduct is to give more reasons to be afraid.
