Criminal Justice

Politics

Supreme Court Orders New Hearings for Cop Who Tasered and Killed Handcuffed Suspect

Damon Root | 5.19.2014 11:12 AM

Marijuana

The Feds Say: Don't You Dare Call Marijuana Medicine

The Justice Department prosecutes medical marijuana patients while tolerating commercial cannabis.

Jacob Sullum | 5.19.2014 8:30 AM

Politics

Don't Go

Charles Oliver | 5.19.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

Brickbat: Don't Go

Charles Oliver | 5.19.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Another Drug Bust Gone Bad

Cops can't get their story straight in the killing of Eugene Mallory.

Zach Weissmueller | 5.18.2014 12:00 PM

Flag

Assistant Police Chief Says "Too Many Sacrifices" to Allow Flag Defacing In His Pennsylvania Community

Ed Krayewski | 5.17.2014 12:36 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Arrests Man For Complaining About Speeding Without a Siren—Caught on Video

Ed Krayewski | 5.16.2014 2:07 PM

War on Drugs

DEA Chief Dials Back Drug War Bluster After Talk With Holder

The Huffington Post | 5.16.2014 12:25 PM

Politics

Why the Hell is the Department of Agriculture Buying Submachine Guns?

Matt Welch | 5.16.2014 11:52 AM

Policy

LAPD Shut Down Community Over Police Shooting That Might Not Have Actually Happened

Scott Shackford | 5.16.2014 11:16 AM

Policy

If Pot Is Legal in Washington, Why Do These Medical Marijuana Users Face At Least 10 Years in Prison?

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2014 11:12 AM

Police Abuse

Police Confrontation Ends In Cringe-Worthy Tasing (WATCH)

The Huffington Post | 5.16.2014 9:32 AM

Civil Liberties

Pay Up

Charles Oliver | 5.16.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Pay Up

Charles Oliver | 5.16.2014 6:00 AM

Police

Iowa Student Suspended for BB Gun Found in Car Parked Off Campus

Ed Krayewski | 5.15.2014 6:02 PM

Policy

Cops Shoot Dog in Backyard, Bust Owner's Boyfriend for Objecting

J.D. Tuccille | 5.15.2014 2:33 PM

Civil Liberties

Baltimore Mayor to Curfew Foes: Go Live On a Farm

The shaky case for government-imposed teen curfews

Jesse Walker | 5.15.2014 10:17 AM

Culture

Stealing Stolen Money

Charles Oliver | 5.15.2014 6:00 AM

Culture

Brickbat: Stealing Stolen Money

Charles Oliver | 5.15.2014 6:00 AM

Policy

New York's Highest Court Upholds the Right to Be Annoying

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2014 12:57 PM

Policy

FBI Agent Involved in Fatal Shooting I.D.'d, Had Short But Troubled History at Oakland P.D.

Ed Krayewski | 5.14.2014 12:53 PM

Policy

The Social Worker with a Gun

"Connecting young people and their families with the services they need"—using the police?

Jesse Walker | 5.14.2014 10:52 AM

Death Penalty

Fifth Circuit Court Stays Texas Execution Scheduled for Tonight

Ed Krayewski | 5.13.2014 5:18 PM

Civil Liberties

Does Police Work Involve Special 'Bravery,' 'Courage,' or 'Risk,' As the White House Claims?

J.D. Tuccille | 5.13.2014 4:06 PM

Civil Liberties

Alec Baldwin Booked by NYPD After Biking in Wrong Direction, Calls City a 'Mismanaged Carnival of Stupidity'

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.13.2014 3:17 PM

Policy

Government is Just All of Us Together, Preventing Each Other From Feeding the Hungry

Brian Doherty | 5.13.2014 2:45 PM

Civil Liberties

When Satan Was Spotted at Head Start

A professor tries to rehabilitate ritual-abuse prosecutions of the 1980s and '90s.

Jesse Walker | 5.13.2014 2:07 PM

Policy

Woman Charged With 'Wiretapping' For Recording Her Own Arrest (But Federal Law May Protect Her)

J.D. Tuccille | 5.12.2014 7:53 PM

Politics

If Boko Haram Ignores Social Media Pressure, Then What?

Matthew Feeney | 5.12.2014 3:45 PM

Politics

It's Not Racist to Hate the Government

Democrats and progressives are flat-out wrong about libertarians.

Nick Gillespie | 5.11.2014 3:30 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: "If I Ruled the World." Then Switch to HBO to Watch Matt Welch on Real Time with Bill Maher

Matt Welch | 5.9.2014 5:21 PM

Politics

Happy 90th Birthday! Feds Send WWII Vet to Prison for Drug Smuggling

Zenon Evans | 5.9.2014 4:00 PM

Bullying

City Council Interested in Power to Arrest 5-Year-Olds for Serial Bullying

Ed Krayewski | 5.9.2014 3:15 PM

Policy

NYPD Busts Lots of Pot Smokers Despite Drop in Street Stops

Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2014 2:25 PM

Police

London Cops Begin Body Cameras Trial

Matthew Feeney | 5.9.2014 11:17 AM

Police Abuse

Arrest of 9-Year-Old in Portland Illustrates Public Safety Threat Police Unions Can Pose

Ed Krayewski | 5.9.2014 9:36 AM

Policy

San Fran Locals Hate Tourists, Frustrated That Bus Ban Doesn't Work

Zenon Evans | 5.8.2014 12:00 PM

Policy

Minnesota Now Requires Folks to Actually Be Convicted Before Seizing Their Stuff

Scott Shackford | 5.8.2014 11:23 AM

Policy

Drug Warriors Target Dangerous Pot Substitutes Popularized by Prohibition

Jacob Sullum | 5.7.2014 7:26 PM

Police Abuse

Nearly Two Dozen Miami Dade Cops Fired 377 Rounds at Two Unarmed Men in a Car

Ed Krayewski | 5.7.2014 4:35 PM

Police

Cops Search Kid's Home After Tip About Pellet Gun Brought to Middle School

Ed Krayewski | 5.7.2014 3:49 PM

Policy

Feds Prosecute Medical Marijuana Users in Washington City Where Cannabusinesses Openly Operate

Jacob Sullum | 5.7.2014 1:50 PM

Politics

Live Free and Call Cops Liars on Your License Plate in New Hampshire

Scott Shackford | 5.7.2014 12:52 PM

Police Abuse

Albuquerque Protesters Try to Arrest Police Chief at City Council Meeting

Ed Krayewski | 5.7.2014 12:38 PM

Policy

Another Frightening Example of Cops Dressing Like Soldiers

Matthew Feeney | 5.7.2014 12:10 PM

Policy

A Botched Execution in Alabama

On the history of punishment.

Jesse Walker | 5.7.2014 12:01 PM

Civil Liberties

How Maryland Cops' Plan to Live-Tweet a Prostitution Sting Backfired

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.7.2014 11:43 AM