Criminal Justice
Do Strict Firearm Laws Give States Lower Gun Death Rates?
National Journal reads too much into a correlation.
Many U.S. Cities See Spikes in Murder, Violent Crime
Is it a new trend or a temporary detour? And what's to blame?
Denver's Unconstitutional Harassment of Jury Nullification Activists
The city treats handing out pamphlets near a courthouse as a crime.
Georgia Cops Shoot Resident, Kill His Dog After Responding to Wrong Home During 911 Call
Police insist they're taking responsibility, spokesman says "in light of everything going on in the country right now" cops were "double checking themselves."
Life Without Parole for a First-Time, Nonviolent Drug Offender
"President Obama, Commute Sharanda Jones' Sentence."
Two Americans Headed to Prison After Tweeting Support for ISIS
As Reason regulars are all too aware, the feds have been taking a heavier hand lately when it comes to online speech.
Awaited Police Crackdown on Times Square Performers About to Begin?
Topless women in brainless city
Top Massachusetts Court Rejects Local Banishment of Sex Offenders
Judges say Lynn ordinance is pre-empted by state law but also note "grave societal and constitutional implications."
Virginia State Cop Forced BBC Reporter to Delete Footage of Vester Flanagan Crash Site
The State Police are looking into the incident.
Is It Really 'Unclear' Whether a Background Check Would Have Stopped a Killer Who Passed One?
The New York Times thinks so.
Stop Saying Women Are More Likely Than Men to Be Murdered at Work
Very few people are victims of workplace homicide-and the ones who are are mostly men.
Denver Police Continue Harassing Jury Nullification Activists, One Day After a Federal Judge Told Them to Cut It Out
According to the cops, a stack of pamphlets is an illegal "encumbrance."
When the Entire Democratic Party Was Like Donald Trump
Read (and weep at) the 1996 party platform on immigration, crime, drugs and "zero tolerance"
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Cop Who Shot and Killed Man Through Her Car Window
In a "very fair and thorough process," according to the county attorney.
New York Creates Special Victim's Unit for Campus Sexual Assault
A step in the right direction?
Denver Concedes Distributing Jury Nullification Pamphlets Near a Courthouse Is Constitutionally Protected
But it still won't drop charges against activists arrested for distributing jury nullification pamphlets near a courthouse.
Witness Video Appears to Contradict Official Version of Fatal Police Shooting of Unarmed California Man
Cops say John Berry tried to hit them with his car before they shot and killed him but family and witnesses disagree.
[Updated at 2:35 P.M.] WDBJ7 Killer Wanted Revenge for Charleston Massacre, Idolized Columbine Killers, Claimed Racial Discrimination
Had HR dispute with murdered former colleagues.
Jared Fogle's Arbitrary Punishment
Looking at pictures should not be treated like a violent crime.
The Federal Travel Act and the Rentboy.com Raid
Little-known regulation lets the federal government step in to enforce state laws.
