Criminal Justice
A Survey Not Designed to Measure Defensive Gun Use Finds Little of It
Do less than 1 percent of crime victims defend themselves with firearms?
Confidential Informants and a Lack of Accountability
If you work as an informant, law enforcement is unlikely to have your back.
'National Johns Suppression Initiative' Nets Nearly 1,000 Arrests for Attempted Sex
Only a few million arrests to go and surely we'll stamp out this prostitution fad, by golly...
DOJ Announces 'New Policy' of Acknowledging Fourth Amendment
Will require agents get warrants for devices that track mobile phone locations.
Hope for California Body Camera Bill Fades Amid Special Interest Power
Forget about any civil liberties rebound, you're just California dreamin'.
NYPD Shooting of Unarmed Bystander During Gun Sting in Neighboring Town Won't Be Investigated by New York Attorney General
State AG just got the authority to investigate such shootings last month.
Sex Trafficking Not Always a 'Crime of Violence' Says Federal Court
At stake: Possessing a firearm during a "crime of violence" adds five extra years to a felony sentence.
The Former Prosecutor Who Consistently Gets Criminal Justice Reform Wrong
Former prosecutor Bill Otis has been mistaken over and over again when advising legislators against reducing drug sentences.
"There is no 'War on Cops'"; There is a Long-Overdue Conversation About Police Brutality
The increasingly bad image of police around the country is their fault and nobody else's.
Teen Boy Will Be Charged As Adult For Having Naked Pics of a Minor: Himself
Kafka-esque sexting nightmare
'Remarks About Physical Appearance' Considered 'Sexual Violence' in Rutgers Student Survey
New study on campus sexual assault suffers same problems that plague so much research on this issue.
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."
These Teens Kept Their Sexting Private, But Cops Found Out. Now They Face Sex Offender Registry, Jail.
Is it possible for two teens to sexually exploit each other?
Life Without Parole for a First-Time, Nonviolent Drug Offender
"President Obama, Commute Sharanda Jones' Sentence."
Cops Say Indiscriminate Murder of Texas Deputy Sign of a 'Different World,' But It's Not Different the Way They Think
Cops are under more scrutiny than before, but there isn't a rise in killings, and it's probably never been safer to be a cop.
