Criminal Justice

Politics

Pepper Spray's Progressive Origins

The government's favorite air freshener is also a tool of individual empowerment.

Greg Beato | 12.1.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

'The Bill of Rights Is Not a Trick'

Jacob Sullum | 12.1.2011 10:44 AM

Policy

Colorado Drug Warrior Busted for Meth Distribution

Jacob Sullum | 11.30.2011 5:35 PM

Politics

Should Judges Continue Imposing Sentences Congress Has Rejected as Unfair?

Jacob Sullum | 11.30.2011 12:57 PM

Politics

Is the President's Indefinite Detention Power Limited to Foreigners?

Jacob Sullum | 11.29.2011 5:23 PM

Policy

It Seems Like Cops Should Be Aware of the Existence of Deaf People

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.28.2011 6:10 PM

Policy

Innocence Is No Defense Against Virginia's Sex Offender Registry

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2011 4:18 PM

Politics

Don't Worry: The President Will Have Complete Discretion to Imprison People Without Trial

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2011 2:03 PM

Politics

L.A. Times: "Criminal defendants find an unlikely friend in Justice Scalia"

Damon Root | 11.28.2011 1:21 PM

Policy

Gag Order Silences Parents of Boy Charged With Sexual Assault for Playing Doctor

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2011 10:50 AM

Policy

Parents Sue D.A. for Charging Their 6-Year-Old Son With a Felony After He Played Doctor With a 5-Year-Old Girl

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 4:38 PM

Politics

Is the Government Catching Terrorists or Creating Them?

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 10:43 AM

Politics

More of These, Please: Obama's First Commutation

Jacob Sullum | 11.22.2011 4:26 PM

Policy

A World Where Outlaw Bikers Are Bad, But Government Agents Are Even Worse

Damon Root | 11.22.2011 11:08 AM

Politics

Why Must Prosecutors Be Told to Follow the Law?

Jacob Sullum | 11.21.2011 2:02 PM

Policy

20 Years Later, Mandatory Minimum Sentences Are Still Mindlessly Draconian

Jacob Sullum | 11.18.2011 1:23 PM

Policy

The Politics of Campus Sexual Assault

Why is the federal government pushing to reduce the due process rights of college students?

Cathy Young | 11.17.2011 7:00 PM

Politics

New York Times Logic: Someone in a Class Did Something Bad with a Gun. No One in that Class Should Have a Gun.

Brian Doherty | 11.15.2011 8:43 PM

Politics

In Search of Free Will and Moral Responsibility

A review of Who's In Charge: Free Will and the Science of the Brain

Ronald Bailey | 11.15.2011 6:00 PM

Policy

Alabama's War on Immigrants

The state's harsh immigration law will only worsen its economic woes.

Shikha Dalmia | 11.15.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

St. Louis Police Object to Collecting Their Own DNA

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2011 10:19 AM

Politics

How New York Won the War on Crime

Understanding Gotham's remarkable transformation

Steve Chapman | 11.14.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

JoePa's Legacy: Buggery and Looting. Moral: Retire At 70

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.10.2011 3:25 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Mulls Warrantless GPS Tracking

Jacob Sullum | 11.10.2011 1:33 PM

Policy

Twelve Apathetic Men

Why no wants to get convicted of jury duty.

Greg Beato | 11.10.2011 1:30 PM

Politics

How Many Brady Violations Does It Take to Make a Pattern?

Jacob Sullum | 11.8.2011 5:52 PM

Policy

Stay of Execution Granted for Hank Skinner Pending a DNA Test

Mike Riggs | 11.7.2011 3:50 PM

Policy

A Life Sentence for Possessing Child Pornography

Jacob Sullum | 11.7.2011 3:08 PM

Policy

Riverside County, CA Wants Jails to Become "Prison Hotels," Without the Amenities

Seth McKelvey | 11.4.2011 5:00 PM

Politics

Reason TV: How a Local Blog Broke the Kelly Thomas Story

A conversation with Friends for Fullerton's Future

Paul Detrick | 11.4.2011 12:22 PM

Politics

Sentencing Guidelines for Crack Cocaine Offenses Are Now Officially Less Appalling

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.1.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Safeway Not So Safe for 2-Year-Old Girls With Absentminded Parents

Jacob Sullum | 11.1.2011 3:58 PM

Policy

Critics of Online Sex Ads Hide Behind Children

Jacob Sullum | 10.31.2011 5:05 PM

Politics

Texas Sheriff's Dept. Gets Unmanned Aerial Drone, But Don't Worry: "It'll Be Used For Situations We Have With Criminals."

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.31.2011 10:51 AM

Politics

What Happened at Occupy Oakland

An eyewitness report from Frank Ogawa Plaza

Mike Godwin | 10.28.2011 6:15 PM

Policy

Chicago May Decriminalize Marijuana Possession

Jacob Sullum | 10.28.2011 11:34 AM

FBI

The Vast Juggalo Conspiracy

Jesse Walker | 10.28.2011 10:44 AM

Politics

John Paul Stevens' Faint-Hearted Liberalism

The retired justice's new memoir reveals an uneasy relationship with the Bill of Rights.

Damon Root | 10.26.2011 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

DC Metro Cops Who Attack Wheelchair-Bound Boozer Get Off

Nick Gillespie | 10.24.2011 11:27 AM

Politics

Gaddafi Snuff Footage

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.20.2011 3:30 PM

Politics

Did I Ever Tell You About My Medal of Honor?

Jacob Sullum | 10.19.2011 5:40 PM

Politics

Rajaratnam and the "No One Has Gone to Prison" Myth

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.14.2011 8:40 PM