Criminal Justice

Policy

New York's Highest Court Says Merely Looking at Kiddie Porn Is Not a State Crime

Jacob Sullum | 5.9.2012 6:09 PM

Civil Liberties

Judge: Two of the Six Police Officers Responsible For Kelly Thomas' Death Will Stand Trial

Mike Riggs | 5.9.2012 5:47 PM

Politics

Milwaukee Police Chief Fires Four Officers This Month, Unrelated to Sweeping Investigation of Police Sexual Assault and Civil Rights Violations

Ed Krayewski | 5.9.2012 4:14 PM

Policy

What Makes a Horror Movie Intolerable in Canada?

Jacob Sullum | 5.8.2012 5:36 PM

Policy

Newly-Released Surveillance Video Shows Police Officers Brutally Beating, Suffocating, and Tasing Kelly Thomas to Death

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.8.2012 12:00 AM

Policy

Is Every Self-Defense Claim a 'Stand Your Ground' Case Now?

Jacob Sullum | 5.7.2012 12:41 PM

Politics

Does the Outcome in Arizona v. United States Matter?

Damon Root | 5.4.2012 12:20 PM

Policy

Cops in Cruisers Sniff Out Cars Carrying Pot Smokers

Jacob Sullum | 5.4.2012 11:37 AM

Policy

How Dharun Ravi's Prosecutors Turned a Minor, Nonviolent Offense Into a Felony Subject to a 10-Year Prison Sentence

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2012 2:50 PM

Policy

The Path That Led to the Shooting of Trayvon Martin

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2012 12:59 PM

Policy

20 Years for Standing Her Ground

A Florida woman faces prison after firing a warning shot to scare off an abusive husband.

Jacob Sullum | 5.2.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

'Shock Artist' Could Get 25 Years for Offending Federal Prosecutors

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2012 12:24 PM

Policy

Colorado Man Exonerated After Serving 18 Years for Murder

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2012 12:08 PM

Politics

The FBI: Making Sure We Don't Need to Import Terror From Overseas

Brian Doherty | 4.30.2012 10:35 AM

Politics

How the L.A. Riots Changed Nothing

Celebrating 20 years of "doing it to the people"

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.29.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Tim Cavanaugh on the 20th Anniversary of the L.A. Riots

Reason Staff | 4.29.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Jumping to Conclusions About My Conclusions

Jacob Sullum | 4.26.2012 8:07 PM

Policy

Children Are Unfeeling Sociopaths

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.26.2012 12:47 PM

Policy

20 Years for Standing Her Ground Against a Violent Husband

Jacob Sullum | 4.25.2012 1:47 PM

Politics

What We Saw at the Occupy the Justice Dept. Rally in DC!

Anthony Fisher, Joshua Swain, and Lucy Steigerwald | 4.25.2012 1:30 PM

Politics

Self-Defense Under Attack

Critics of Florida's "stand your ground" law refuse to retreat, regardless of the evidence.

Jacob Sullum | 4.25.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

What We Saw at the Occupy the Justice Dept. Rally in DC!

Anthony Fisher, Joshua Swain, and Lucy Steigerwald | 4.24.2012 8:49 PM

Civil Liberties

Maine Cops to Ramp Up Asset Forfeiture Efforts

Mike Riggs | 4.24.2012 1:25 PM

Politics

Russian President Pardons Just One Man Off List of 32 Cases Submitted by Opposition

Ed Krayewski | 4.23.2012 10:59 AM

Culture

Milk Carton Faces Tell Lies, and I Got Proof

Jesse Walker | 4.23.2012 10:43 AM

Policy

Right to Record

More war on cameras

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2012 6:44 AM

Policy

Taser Cams

Weapons transparency

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.23.2012 6:36 AM

Policy

Pot Pat-Downs

Manufacturing misdemeanors

Jacob Sullum | 4.23.2012 6:34 AM

Politics

Death Sentence Commuted Under New Anti-Race Bias Law in North Carolina

Ed Krayewski | 4.20.2012 5:22 PM

Politics

Zimmerman Takes Stand, Survives

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.20.2012 4:21 PM

Policy

Are We Sliding Toward a Police State?

Law enforcement officials should not behave like an invading army.

Steven Greenhut | 4.20.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

Judge Rules That Advocating Jury Nullification Is Not a Crime

Jacob Sullum | 4.20.2012 11:43 AM

Policy

Does the 'Backlash' Against 'Stand Your Ground' Laws Make Sense?

Jacob Sullum | 4.19.2012 12:03 PM

Politics

Crack Cocaine, Mandatory Minimums, and the Supreme Court

Damon Root | 4.18.2012 11:11 AM

Politics

From Hackers to Slackers

How a federal law can be used to prosecute almost anyone who uses a computer

Jacob Sullum | 4.18.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Your Government: Committed to Keeping the Drug Market As Dangerous As Possible

Jacob Sullum | 4.17.2012 5:50 PM

Policy

How Can Overcharging Be Ethical?

Jacob Sullum | 4.16.2012 4:47 PM

Politics

More From George Will on the Costs of Drug Prohibition

Jacob Sullum | 4.12.2012 3:35 PM

Policy

If George Zimmerman Loses a Pretrial Motion to Dismiss, He Can Still Be Acquitted

Jacob Sullum | 4.12.2012 11:22 AM

Politics

Newt Gingrich Tells Us About the Justice System and Experts

Ed Krayewski | 4.11.2012 7:42 PM

Policy

George Zimmerman Charged With Second-Degree Murder

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2012 6:09 PM

Politics

Florida Drug Warriors Say They Had to Erase Possibly Incriminating Surveillance Video—for Their Own Protection

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2012 4:17 PM

Policy

WP Says Prosecutor Will Charge George Zimmerman

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2012 2:17 PM

Policy

9th Circuit Says Watching Reason.tv at Work Is No Crime

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2012 1:49 PM

Policy

It's Not the Crime; It's the Cover-Up—Even If There Is No Crime

Jacob Sullum | 4.10.2012 4:11 PM