Criminal Justice

Politics

Cuomo Wants to Decriminalize 'Public Display' of Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2012 1:18 PM

Politics

Politico Covers Wiki's Mild Solyndra Brouhaha, Ignores Wiki's Strange Kimberlin Kibosh

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.1.2012 1:45 PM

Policy

How Charlie Rangel's Outrage Shifted From Drugs to Drug Penalties

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 8:31 PM

Politics

John Edwards Is Still a Scumbag but Not, So Far, a Felon

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 5:05 PM

Policy

Voodoo Pharmacology Literalized: The Drug That Turns People Into Flesh-Eating Zombies

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 2:42 PM

Politics

Union Perk for Portland Police: 48 Hour Waiting Period Before Post-Shooting Questioning

Ed Krayewski | 5.31.2012 9:07 AM

Politics

'Child Safety Zones' May Be Unfair and Ineffective, but They Feel So Good

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 2:21 PM

Politics

You Can Sometimes Reduce Drug Use, if You Kill Enough People

Matthew Feeney | 5.30.2012 1:07 PM

Policy

On the Verge of Serving His Jail Sentence, Dharun Ravi Apologizes

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 12:17 PM

Politics

Cop Shoots Border Collie Mix He Mistook for Pitbull After Showing Up at Wrong Home

Ed Krayewski | 5.30.2012 10:13 AM

Policy

New Video of Five Year Old Vancouver Police Shooting of Bipolar Man Throws Closed Case Into Question

Ed Krayewski | 5.29.2012 8:14 PM

Policy

If You Use Drugs, You Might End Up Eating Someone's Face

Jacob Sullum | 5.29.2012 5:43 PM

Politics

Ted Stevens' Prosecutors Punished for Withholding Evidence

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 4:49 PM

Politics

Is It Even Possible to Lower Property Assessments "Improperly"?

Tim Cavanaugh | 5.25.2012 2:13 PM

Politics

Scott Walker Turns Up the Heat on Flawed Milwaukee Crime Stats

Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates debate high-profile police controversy.

Ryan Ekvall and M.D. Kittle | 5.25.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

D.A. Suspends Grand Jury Investigations of Police Shootings in Albuquerque; No Shooting Ever Ruled Unjustified

Ed Krayewski | 5.25.2012 1:05 PM

Policy

Drug Busts As Make-Work for Superfluous Cops

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2012 11:46 AM

Politics

The Lighter Side of Electronic Monitoring

History shows the benefits of positive reinforcement for Ankleted-Americans.

Greg Beato | 5.24.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

The Costs of Police Brutality: Fresh Out Of Bankruptcy, Vallejo Pays $4.5 Million for Warrantless Entry That Led to Spinal Cord Injury, Permanent Disability

Ed Krayewski | 5.24.2012 11:18 AM

Politics

St. Louis Cops Worry That In-Car Cameras 'Are Being Used Against Them'

Jacob Sullum | 5.23.2012 5:38 PM

Policy

St. Louis Police Officers Association No Fan of Dash Cams

Ed Krayewski | 5.23.2012 10:55 AM

Politics

Cato Relaunches Police Misconduct Tracker, Assuring Regular Online Diet of Face-Stomping, Groin-Crushing 'Professionalism'

Scott Shackford | 5.22.2012 11:52 AM

Policy

Cop Doing "God's Work" Threatens to Face-Rape Petty Crook

Scott Shackford | 5.21.2012 5:36 PM

Politics

Asset Forfeiture: "A Process of Government Enrichment That Often Is Indistinguishable from Robbery"

Damon Root | 5.21.2012 4:51 PM

Policy

Dharun Ravi Gets 30-Day Jail Sentence, Plus Probation

Jacob Sullum | 5.21.2012 12:50 PM

Policy

Police Tell Woman to Pay Son's Bail in Cash, Then Steal it

Matt Welch | 5.21.2012 9:45 AM

Politics

Jacob Sullum Discusses the Right to Record Cops on RT

Reason Staff | 5.18.2012 11:58 AM

Policy

Prison Study: Equal Sexual Misconduct from Inmates, Staff

Scott Shackford | 5.17.2012 7:39 PM

Politics

Federal Judge Allows Class Action Challenging the NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Program

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2012 6:11 PM

Policy

Three Reasons to Reject Federal Hate Crime Charges Against George Zimmerman

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2012 2:19 PM

Policy

Another Exhibit Against Florida's Self-Defense Law Disintegrates

Jacob Sullum | 5.16.2012 1:05 PM

Politics

Will President Obama Commute Clarence Aaron's Sentence?

Ed Krayewski | 5.16.2012 12:54 PM

Politics

Reason TV: Outraged Fullerton citizens react to Kelly Thomas beating tape

Paul Detrick | 5.16.2012 12:02 PM

Politics

Columbia Professor and Students Reveal Texas Justice Executed the Wrong Man in 1989

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.15.2012 10:00 PM

Politics

Greek Protesters Join Cops to Beat Up on Immigrant

Ed Krayewski | 5.15.2012 3:14 PM

Politics

We Find the Defendant, John Edwards, Guilty of Scumbaggery

Jacob Sullum | 5.15.2012 2:32 PM

Civil Liberties

Husband of Sunday School Teacher Killed by Culpeper Cop Files $5 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Mike Riggs | 5.15.2012 12:23 PM

Politics

How a Poster Boy for Commutation Falls Through the Cracks

Jacob Sullum | 5.14.2012 1:39 PM

Civil Liberties

Why Did a Culpeper Cop Kill a Retired Sunday School Teacher in a Church Parking Lot? [UPDATED]

Mike Riggs | 5.14.2012 11:18 AM

Politics

Oakland Cop Shoots, Kills High School Senior; Nothing to See Here

Ed Krayewski | 5.14.2012 10:13 AM

Policy

California Woman Permanently Blinded by Police Officer's High-Velocity OC Gas Weapon

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.11.2012 7:05 PM

Politics

Bloomberg Likens the NYPD's 'Stop and Frisk' Program to Random DUI Checkpoints

Jacob Sullum | 5.11.2012 4:36 PM

Politics

Water Declared Safe in Fracking Town, SEC Investigates JPMorgan Losses, Edwards Wants Case Tossed Out: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 5.11.2012 4:28 PM

Politics

How the Kelly Thomas Killing Sparked a Citizen Revolt

The bipartisan movement to reform a broken California city

Steven Greenhut | 5.11.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

She Stole His Heroin, So She Was the Victim

Jacob Sullum | 5.10.2012 6:47 PM

Politics

Tim Cavanaugh on PJTV Talking Romney, Unemployment and Krugman: Updated with Kelly Thomas Palaver

Reason Staff | 5.10.2012 5:09 PM

Politics

Will Oregon's Next Attorney General Uphold Its Medical Marijuana Law?

Jacob Sullum | 5.10.2012 3:19 PM