Criminal Justice
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."
Get Ready for Drones Equipped with Tear Gas
Bill allows police to arm drones with non-lethal weapons.
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.
Watch Out for Drones with Pepper Spray in North Dakota
Law allows police to arm them with non-lethal weapons.
[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.
Uber Should Keep Employing Drivers With Criminal Backgrounds
Uber can keep customers safe without fingerprinting all applicants or adopting excessively punitive policies toward people who committed crimes long ago.
Homeland Security Raids Rentboy.com
DHS "will use its unique authorities to disrupt and dismantle" gay escort sites, says special investigator.
The Same Video That Led to Randall Kerrick's Swift Arrest Resulted in Last Week's Mistrial
The jury in the Jonathan Ferrell shooting case deadlocked based on different interpretations of his sudden flight.
Alaskan Escort-Service Owner Amber Batts Gets Five Years Prison for 'Sex Trafficking'
Her so-called crimes? Screening clients and booking appointments for willing adult sex workers.
Non-Violent Drug Offenders Are "Peddlers of Death," Says Law Enforcement Group President
Head of federal officers association says Obama commuting the sentences of 46 prisoners is "releasing the lions."
New York State Cracking Down on Times Square Topless Women
Crony capitalism and the nanny state work together to clamp down on free expression and commerce
Criminal Justice Reform: Which Ways the Winds Are Blowing
Democratic candidates are endorsing—or paying lip service to—reform. What will happen in the GOP?
Public Morals Approaches Vice Squad Drama with Authenticity in Mind
Ed Burns' new TNT show avoids Hollywood-style excesses.
Black Lives Matter Activists Release Police Reform Proposals
Among their goals is removing the most egregious terms in police contracts.
New York City Freaking Out Over Topless Women in Times Square
Puritan urges in a progressive city.
Judge Rejects Cops' Argument That Their Behavior During a Medical Marijuana Raid Is a Private Matter
Santa Ana officers tried to suppress a video that seems to show them sampling a dispensary's wares.
New California Law Upholds Public Right to Record
Will major civil liberties measure change the way California police behave?
Why Wasn't Subway's Jared Fogle Charged With Human Trafficking?
The new federal sex trafficking law makes very clear that anyone paying for sex with a teen is guilty of the crime of human trafficking.
Why Is Jared Fogle's Viewing of Naked Teenagers a Federal Case?
The arbitrary decision that greatly magnified the penalties he faces
