Criminal Justice

Politics

"Asset forfeiture, drug legalization, and the mainstreaming of libertarian ideas"

Nick Gillespie | 10.28.2014 11:23 AM

Politics

The Truth About Mass Public Shootings

Why do the numbers appear to be going up? Because previous shootings have been underreported.

Grant Duwe | 10.28.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Quarantines, Bushes, Rep. John Mica, 'Brainwashed' Blacks, Elon Musk's A.I. Fear, Hillary's Job-Creators, IRS Asset Seizures, Aftershow, and More!

Matt Welch | 10.27.2014 8:23 PM

Violence

Official: Washington School Shooter Lured Targets to Lunch

Still don't have motive for the shootings, though.

Reason Staff | 10.27.2014 5:45 PM

Saudi Arabia

Three Saudi Lawyers Sent to Prison over Tweets

Our allies in the Middle East

Reason Staff | 10.27.2014 2:25 PM

Violence

Student Injured in Washington School Shooting Dies

Friday incident where shooter killed another girl, then self.

Reason Staff | 10.27.2014 1:50 PM

Civil Liberties

24 Armed Cops and a Military Truck Dispatched to Take Money from Old Man

Robby Soave | 10.27.2014 12:10 PM

Policy

IRS Doesn't Care That You Haven't Committed a Crime—It Will Still Steal Your Money.

J.D. Tuccille | 10.27.2014 11:57 AM

Police Abuse

Frank Serpico Explains How Police Violence is the New Graft

Ed Krayewski | 10.27.2014 11:51 AM

Civil Liberties

Don't Want Nude Selfies Stolen? Don't Let Cops See Your Phone

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.27.2014 11:15 AM

Prisons

Overcrowded: The Messy Politics of California's Prison Crisis

Zach Weissmueller | 10.26.2014 5:00 PM

Militarization of Police

Sex, Spice, and Small-Town Texas Justice: The Purple Zone Raid

Anthony Fisher | 10.25.2014 7:00 PM

Prisons

WATCH: Overcrowded - The Messy Politics of California's Prison Crisis

Zach Weissmueller | 10.24.2014 3:00 PM

Censorship

Pennsylvania So Mad at Mumia Abu-Jamal It Just Outlawed Offenders' Free Speech

Scott Shackford | 10.24.2014 11:30 AM

Politics

Who Really Likes the Police? Older, Richer, White, Conservative Republicans.

Emily Ekins | 10.24.2014 8:46 AM

Culture

Easily Frightened

Charles Oliver | 10.24.2014 6:00 AM

Puppycide

Brickbat: Easily Frightened

Reason Staff | 10.24.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

How Cops Are Beating Crime in America's Poorest City

Is Camden, New Jersey, a "surveillance city" or a triumph of 21st century policing?

Jim Epstein | 10.23.2014 4:31 PM

World

Ottawa Murderer Linked to Jihadists

Great

Reason Staff | 10.23.2014 1:53 PM

Culture

Crime Is Down, But Americans Are Convinced It's Rising

Also, some of you are scared of clowns.

Jesse Walker | 10.23.2014 1:35 PM

Police Abuse

Phoenix Creating Mental Health Board for PD After Fatal Shooting of Hammer-Wielding Woman

Ed Krayewski | 10.23.2014 12:19 PM

Civil Liberties

Philly Police Have Paid Out $40 Million in Settlements, Losses Since 2009

Zenon Evans | 10.23.2014 12:05 PM

Canada

Was Canadian Shooter a Recent Convert to Islam?

That's what some unidentified officials are saying.

Reason Staff | 10.22.2014 5:40 PM

Iraq

Former Blackwater Guards Found Guilty in Iraq Shootings

Trial was over killing of 14 Iraqis in 2007.

Reason Staff | 10.22.2014 1:50 PM

Canada

Soldier Shot Near Canada's Parliament Building Dies of Injuries (Updated with Police Statement)

According to officials

Reason Staff | 10.22.2014 1:36 PM

Policy

You Can Legally Busk in NYC's Subways, But a Cop Might Arrest You Anyway

Zenon Evans | 10.22.2014 12:50 PM

Policy

How Asset Forfeiture Allows Cops to Steal from Citizens

A Virginia lawmaker takes on policing for profit.

A. Barton Hinkle | 10.22.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

What John Grisham Got Right About Child Pornography

Jacob Sullum | 10.21.2014 2:32 PM

Civil Liberties

Video: Cop Shoots 'Aggressive' 6-Month-Old Puppy, Gets Paid Leave

Zenon Evans | 10.21.2014 1:20 PM

Politics

Poll: 77% of Americans Favor Eliminating Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences For Nonviolent Offenders; 73% Favor Restoring Voting Rights

Emily Ekins | 10.21.2014 8:45 AM

Politics

Poll: 77% of Americans Favor Eliminating Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences For Nonviolent Offenders; 73% Favor Restoring Voting Rights

Emily Ekins | 10.21.2014 8:45 AM

Militarization of Police

Stuff White People Riot About

Scott Shackford | 10.20.2014 5:20 PM

Police Abuse

Federal Judge Throws Out Police Lawsuit So Ridiculous Even Union Wouldn't Sign On

Ed Krayewski | 10.20.2014 2:40 PM

Culture

Killer Claims Two-Decade Spree

Seven known dead.

Reason Staff | 10.20.2014 2:37 PM

Civil Liberties

Man Busts Cop for Patrolling in Unmarked Car (You'll Never Believe What Happens Next…)

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.20.2014 2:30 PM

Police Abuse

Shootout or Police Shooting? Kentucky TV Station Asks

Ed Krayewski | 10.20.2014 10:15 AM

Puppycide

Police Body-Cam Captures Puppycide

Scott Shackford | 10.17.2014 6:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Rise of the Carceral Left, John Grisham Child Porn Edition

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 10.17.2014 4:20 PM

Ebola

Ebola-Related Fears Lead to Ebola-Related Scams

Beware the pretend charity campaigns

Reason Staff | 10.17.2014 3:30 PM

Crime

Life Sentence for Man Who Shot and Killed Teenager After Argument Over Loud Music

Michael Dunn sentence to life for the death of Jordan Davis

Reason Staff | 10.17.2014 12:26 PM

Police Abuse

[VIDEO] WV Officers Proudly Spend Year Busting Ginseng Diggers (Don't Cops Have Better Things to Do?!)

Ted Balaker | 10.17.2014 10:43 AM

Policy

New York Spent a Record $1.1 Billion on Jail Last Year, and Got Even More Violence

Peter Suderman | 10.17.2014 7:14 AM

Police Abuse

Cop in Milwaukee Fired After Shooting Unarmed Mentally Ill Man 14 Times; Could Get Job Back

Ed Krayewski | 10.16.2014 6:39 PM

Police

Cop Blames Media Coverage for Distrust of Cops

Ed Krayewski | 10.16.2014 3:56 PM

Republican Party

4 Ways Republicans Are Full of Shit

Jason Keisling and J.D. Tuccille | 10.16.2014 2:30 PM

Mass Shootings

Mother Jones Claims the Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled Since 2011. Is That True?

A new bottle for some old data

Jesse Walker | 10.16.2014 12:35 PM