Criminal Justice

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Our New War, With John Bolton, Thaddeus McCotter, and Michael Weiss; Plus Cuddle Parties, White House Jumpers, Confessions of an Asset-Forfeiture Judge, the Steve Hayes Terrorist Threat, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 9.23.2014 8:04 PM

Police Abuse

Another Police Beating Caught on Dash Cam, Ruled A-OK. It's Just Police Work

Ed Krayewski | 9.23.2014 6:10 PM

Civil Liberties

Most Americans See Criminal-Justice System as Racially Biased

Shift seen across all demographic groups

Reason Staff | 9.23.2014 12:40 PM

Prisons

Federal Prison Population Drops for First Time Since 1980

Sea change?

Reason Staff | 9.23.2014 9:42 AM

Policy

Exonerated Brooklyn Man Got Just Eight Months of Freedom After 23 Years in Prison

Jacob Sullum | 9.22.2014 4:50 PM

Policy

Cops Take 'Highly Entertaining' Class to 'Win' Media After Shootings

Zenon Evans | 9.22.2014 3:50 PM

Twitter

SWAT Raids for Parody Twitter Accounts? Sure, Why Not? SWAT Raids for Everybody!

Scott Shackford | 9.22.2014 11:05 AM

Police Abuse

Look It Up

Charles Oliver | 9.22.2014 6:00 AM

Police Abuse

Brickbat: Look It Up

Charles Oliver | 9.22.2014 6:00 AM

Police Abuse

Rectal Exams Run Amok: Drug-Sniffing Dogs Must Be Stopped

Will Neff | 9.21.2014 1:00 PM

Raid

DEA Shoot Grandmother Reaching For Baby During Raid, According to Son

Ed Krayewski | 9.19.2014 4:38 PM

War on Cameras

Fullerton, Calif. Cops to Wear Body Cameras

They killed Kelly Thomas.

Reason Staff | 9.19.2014 4:00 PM

Policy

Asset Forfeiture Laws 'Evil' and 'Unreformable,' Say Former Justice Department Officials

Patrick Hannaford | 9.19.2014 3:10 PM

Police Abuse

DOJ, Newark Miss Deadline to Agree on Police Reforms, No New Deadline Set

Ed Krayewski | 9.19.2014 2:27 PM

Prisons

The Economics of Prison Gangs

Power and order behind bars

Jesse Walker | 9.19.2014 2:17 PM

Borders

Border Patrol Admits Internal Affairs System "Broken" as Corruption and Misconduct Cases Pile Up

Ed Krayewski | 9.19.2014 11:11 AM

Prisons

America's Enormous Prison Population Got Even Bigger

The Huffington Post | 9.19.2014 8:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Footloose

Charles Oliver | 9.19.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Footloose

Charles Oliver | 9.19.2014 6:00 AM

Police Abuse

Eric Holder Announces Grant to Research Police Racial Profiling

Are there people who don't already know about it?

Reason Staff | 9.18.2014 2:55 PM

Borders

Border Patrol to Test Body Cameras

To see if it will reduce misconduct complaints

Reason Staff | 9.18.2014 2:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Another Oklahoma Cop Charged With Serial Sexual Assault

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.17.2014 3:30 PM

Gun Control

Prosecutor Suddenly Wonders If Pennsylvania Gun Owner Deserves Prison for Driving Into New Jersey With a Pistol in Her Purse

Jacob Sullum | 9.17.2014 2:12 PM

Police Abuse

Citizens Group Emails VA Governor Demanding Independent Review of Police Shootings; Local Rescue Chaplain Calls Them Marxists

Ed Krayewski | 9.17.2014 1:20 PM

SWAT

Texas Wants to Execute Man Who Killed Home Intruder Who Turned Out to Be SWAT Member

Scott Shackford | 9.17.2014 11:05 AM

Policy

We Need More Innocence Commissions

It's time to do something about all the innocent people locked up behind bars.

A. Barton Hinkle | 9.17.2014 10:30 AM

Policy

Federal Appeals Court Rebukes Florida Cops for Using SWAT-Style Raids to Check Barbers' Licenses

Jacob Sullum | 9.16.2014 6:30 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: The Skies Over Baghdad Have Been Re-Illuminated, Chris Moody on Rand Paul's Flip-Flops, Jacob Sullum on Asset Forfeiture, Former Linebacker Darrell Reid on the NFL, Plus NSA, Chinese Sidewalks, Hillary, & Aftersho

Matt Welch | 9.15.2014 8:13 PM

Police Abuse

Seven Weeks Later, Accused Rapist Oklahoma Trooper Arrested, on Pending Charges

Ed Krayewski | 9.15.2014 2:21 PM

Police Abuse

Stop and Frisk: The Opera

Lucian McMahon | 9.15.2014 1:55 PM

Fashion

Urban Outfitters Apologizes For Selling Bloodied Kent State Sweatshirts

Too soon?

Reason Staff | 9.15.2014 1:23 PM

Police Abuse

Actress Defends Not Producing ID for Cops

Was stopped after kissing her boyfriend in public

Reason Staff | 9.15.2014 1:14 PM

Policy

How Cops Became Robbers

Three features of civil forfeiture law and five Supreme Court decisions make it easy for police to take money from motorists.

Jacob Sullum | 9.15.2014 8:30 AM

Police Abuse

In the Dark

Charles Oliver | 9.15.2014 6:00 AM

SWAT

Brickbat: In the Dark

Charles Oliver | 9.15.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Daniele Watts and a Tale of Two Acts of Non-Prostitution

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.14.2014 4:10 PM

Policy

How Court Fees and Fines Can Crush You, Ferguson Department

Brian Doherty | 9.13.2014 10:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Black Actress Daniele Watts Handcuffed, Detained in Studio City for Kissing her Husband in Public [UPDATE: With Links to Audio!]

Brian Doherty | 9.13.2014 10:02 PM

Culture

Girl Tries to Kill Family; Sheriff's Office Blames…Slender Man?

A new wave of Slender Man hysteria

Jesse Walker | 9.13.2014 4:46 PM

Florida

George Zimmerman Accused of Threatening to Kill Driver

Confrontation on the road

Reason Staff | 9.12.2014 2:20 PM

Politics

A Welcome Softening of California's Tough-on-Crime Approach

Stay tuned. If Proposition 47 passes, it will be another sign that the days are over of winning political points by promising to execute teens.

Steven Greenhut | 9.12.2014 12:00 PM

Police Abuse

Illinois Democrats Push Higher Traffic Fines to Pay for Police Body Cameras, Dash Cams

Ed Krayewski | 9.12.2014 11:15 AM

Policy

How Cops Got a License to Steal Your Money

Jacob Sullum | 9.12.2014 11:07 AM

Civil Liberties

Cops Tackle 70-Pound High Schooler…And Guess What Her 'Crime' Was

Robby Soave | 9.12.2014 8:45 AM

Civil Liberties

Constitution Cramp Your Law Enforcement Style? Contract Out Your Civil Liberties Violations!

J.D. Tuccille | 9.11.2014 11:22 AM

Michael Brown

Michael Brown's Hands Were Up and Darren Wilson Kept Shooting, New Witnesses Say

Hands up, doesn't matter

Reason Staff | 9.11.2014 8:20 AM

Civil Asset Forfeiture

Final Chapter of Cash Seizure Series a Repulsive Accounting of Police Misbehavior

Scott Shackford | 9.10.2014 5:20 PM

Politics

Oakland Mayor Doesn't Want SWAT Convention Back Next Year

Anthony Fisher | 9.10.2014 2:11 PM