Criminal Justice

Policy

Obama Grants Eight Commutations to Drug Offenders, Nearly Doubling His Total

Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2014 5:48 PM

Politics

Centralized Policing Is the Wrong Solution

Elinor Ostrom and the case against centralization

Jesse Walker | 12.17.2014 4:30 PM

Policy

Police Union Boss Defends Killing of Tamir Rice: 'When We Tell You to Do Something, Do It'

Robby Soave | 12.17.2014 3:56 PM

Nanny State

Help End Violence Against Sex Workers by Decriminalizing Prostitution, Activists Say

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.17.2014 2:07 PM

Police

LAPD to Get Body Cameras. Will They Tamper with Those, Too?

Scott Shackford | 12.17.2014 10:35 AM

Civil Liberties

Indiana Cop Responds to Eric Garner Protesters by Selling T-Shirt: 'Breathe Easy—Don't Break the Law'

An artifact of the backlash.

Jesse Walker | 12.17.2014 10:32 AM

Civil Liberties

Illegitimate "No Photography" Arrest Leads to $1.2 Million Lawsuit Victory

Brian Doherty | 12.16.2014 6:34 PM

Civil Liberties

Friend Disputes Police Narrative in Death of Miami Graffiti Artist Demz

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.16.2014 4:16 PM

Civil Liberties

Law Student Calls Out Cops Trying to Ticket Him for Playing 'Fuck Tha Police'—So They Find Other Reasons to Ticket Him, Obviously

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.16.2014 12:05 PM

Death Penalty

China Posthumously Overturns Death Sentence for Wrongly Convicted Ethnic Minority

Ed Krayewski | 12.16.2014 11:52 AM

Culture

Breakin' the Law: 5 Classic Heavy Metal and Hardcore Punk Songs About Justice

Damon Root | 12.16.2014 10:40 AM

Policy

Feds Graciously Agree Not to Steal Restaurateur's Bank Account

Jacob Sullum | 12.15.2014 5:30 PM

Prisons

Oh Look, NYC Corrections Officers Union Blocking Reforms, Investigations at Rikers Island

Ed Krayewski | 12.15.2014 5:09 PM

Death Penalty

Texas Judge Rules State Must Reveal Lethal Injection Drug Supplier

Ed Krayewski | 12.15.2014 1:52 PM

Policy

The NYPD Shoots and Kills Less Often Than Cops in the Rest of the Country

Fatal killings by the NYPD have fallen by a factor of 12 since 1971.

Jim Epstein | 12.15.2014 1:48 PM

Police Abuse

La. Deputy Sheriffs Arrest Public Safety Officer on Sexual Battery, Official Malfeasance Charges

Ed Krayewski | 12.15.2014 12:12 PM

Policy

The Rising Cost of Felony Creep

Over-criminalization takes its toll.

A. Barton Hinkle | 12.15.2014 12:00 PM