2014 Was Another Banner Year for Letting Innocent People Out of Jail
Last year 125 people were freed from prison due to innocence, including six on death row.
Criminal Justice
NY Sheriff's Deputy Turns Off Dashcam While Pulling Over Drunk Cop, Drunk Cop Allegedly Assaults Officers Trying to Arrest Him
Deputy says he knew cop from high school so felt comfortable turning off the dash-cam. DA worried there may not be policies in place.
U.S. Supreme Court to Review Oklahoma's Lethal Injection Protocol
One week after allowing an Oklahoma inmate's execution to be carried out, SCOTUS agrees to hear appeal over the state's use of a controversial execution drug.
Sheriffs Say Forfeiture Reform Threatens Public Safety
Less loot means higher taxes, cops warn.
For Want of a License Plate Light, A Life Was Lost
Followup on Montana Officer Grant Morrison's Killing of Richard Ramirez During Traffic Stop
Jails Introduce Glitchy, Pricey Video Visitation Systems—and Get Families to Use Them By Banning In-Person Visits
A different sort of telecom monopoly
Teen Girl Fatally Shot by Cops at Texas Police Station
It takes multiple cops firing multiple shots to subdue a 17-year-old girl with a knife?
Cops Are Still Robbers
Eric Holder's new forfeiture policy affects only a small share of seizures.
'Bou Bou's Law' Would Restrict No-Knock Police Raids
A horribly injured toddler inspires legislation to rein in drug warriors.
Despite Holder's Forfeiture Reform, Cops Still Have a License To Steal
How the press exaggerated the attorney general's policy shift
King Abdullah's Moderate Beheadings
When 'moderate' is a euphemism for 'friendly to U.S. interests'
Sotomayor to Justice Department Lawyer: 'We Can't Keep Bending the Fourth Amendment to the Resources of Law Enforcement'
Sonia Sotomayor stands up for the Fourth Amendment in drug-sniffing dog case.
Silk Road Trial Roundup: Damning Alleged Ulbricht Journals, One Alternate Dread Pirate Roberts Theory Inadmissible
Things are Getting Tougher and Tougher for the Ulbricht Defense
DOJ Expected to Reject Civil Rights Charges Against Darren Wilson
Even if the shooting of Michael Brown was not justified, a federal case would be very hard to prove.
Today at SCOTUS: Traffic Stops, Drug-Sniffing Dogs, and Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
When does the use of a drug-sniffing dog transform a lawful traffic stop into an illegal seizure?
Attorney General Nominee Agrees to Return Money Feds Seized from Long Island Business
For two and a half years, Loretta Lynch's office kept cash but never pressed any charges.
The Persistence of Policing for Profit
Eric Holder's forfeiture reform is welcome but does not go nearly far enough.
Saudi Man Arrested for Capturing Beheading on Video
Saudi Arabia beheaded at least 83 people last year, many publicly, but unlike ISIS it doesn't want video of its acts on the Internet.
