Criminal Justice

Politics

Conrad Murray Open Thread

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.14.2011 7:16 PM

Politics

Florida Lawmaker on the Death Penalty: "If it were up to me we would just throw them off the Sunshine Skyway bridge and be done with it"

Mike Riggs | 10.12.2011 12:23 PM

Policy

Cameras for Me but Not for Thee

Jacob Sullum | 10.12.2011 11:28 AM

Politics

Read My Tea Leaves

The federal crackdown on medical marijuana shows Obama has no respect for state law.

Jacob Sullum | 10.12.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Jerry Brown Lets Police Rummage Suspects' Mobile Phones Without a Warrant

Jacob Sullum | 10.11.2011 5:29 PM

Politics

U.N. Prohibitionists Document Prohibition-Related Violence

Jacob Sullum | 10.10.2011 2:30 PM

Policy

Pill Pushers

Got the sniffles? The government may think you're a drug dealer.

A. Barton Hinkle | 10.7.2011 1:00 PM

Politics

'Welcome to the Upside-Down World of Civil Forfeiture'

Jacob Sullum | 10.6.2011 4:22 PM

Politics

Runaway Missiles

Why not trust the president with the power to kill anyone he considers an enemy?

Jacob Sullum | 10.5.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Blinding Red Lights

An interview with Jay Beeber

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.3.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Reason.tv: Interview with Reason Cartoonist Peter Bagge

Nick Gillespie and Anthony Fisher | 9.30.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Radley Balko on Why Americans Support the Death Penalty

Damon Root | 9.29.2011 4:26 PM

Politics

Freedom of the Press Belongs to Everyone

Jacob Sullum | 9.28.2011 11:34 AM

Politics

Off the Record

The Illinois Eavesdropping Act shields public officials from public scrutiny.

Jacob Sullum | 9.28.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

California Democrats Also Run Out of Their Own Money

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.27.2011 1:12 AM

Policy

The Escalating Penalty for Asserting Your Right to a Trial

Jacob Sullum | 9.26.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

NYC Police Commissioner Tells Cops to Stop Arresting Pot Smokers for Following Instructions

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2011 5:50 PM

Politics

Do Cops Need a Warrant to Track Down Your Cell Phone?

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2011 4:48 PM

Policy

You Call That a Mandatory Minimum?

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2011 3:07 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: What We Saw at the Troy Davis Protest in Washington, D.C.

Anthony Fisher | 9.22.2011 6:48 PM

Politics

Rick Perry Has No Faith in Government but Total Faith in the Death Penalty

Why pro-death penalty rhetoric is not pro-individual rights.

Lucy Steigerwald | 9.22.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

New Evidence Supports Sequential Presentation of Suspect Photos to Eyewitnesses

Jacob Sullum | 9.21.2011 3:27 PM

Civil Liberties

Liveblog: The Orange County District Attorney's Kelly Thomas Hearing [Breaking: Two Officers Charged with Second and Third Degree Murder]

Mike Riggs | 9.21.2011 1:58 PM

Policy

The Government Blames Full Tilt Poker for the Disruption the Government Deliberately Created

Jacob Sullum | 9.21.2011 12:33 PM

Policy

One Year After Beating University of Maryland Student John J. McKenna, Two Maryland Police Officers Indicted

Mike Riggs | 9.21.2011 11:25 AM

Policy

Reason.tv: Cops Vs. Cameras: The Killing of Kelly Thomas & The Power of New Media

Paul Detrick | 9.21.2011 9:04 AM

Politics

Judge Rejects Eavesdropping Charges for Recording Police

Jacob Sullum | 9.20.2011 4:17 PM

Policy

Cell Phone Video Contradicts Police, Leads to Acquittal

Jacob Sullum | 9.19.2011 4:29 PM

Policy

Who Wouldn't Want to Give DSK a Blowjob?

Jacob Sullum | 9.19.2011 12:30 PM

Policy

Cory Maye Free After 10 Years

Jacob Sullum | 9.18.2011 7:38 PM

Civil Liberties

UPDATED: One of the Fullerton Cops Who Beat Kelly Thomas Into a Coma Had a History of Violence

Mike Riggs | 9.16.2011 4:39 PM

Policy

"Should Faking a Name on Facebook Be a Felony?"

Damon Root | 9.15.2011 5:55 PM

Politics

Why Should We Care If Sarah Palin Snorted Cocaine?

Jacob Sullum | 9.15.2011 5:44 PM

Politics

California Mothers in Prison May be Going Home Soon

Lucy Steigerwald | 9.13.2011 5:30 PM

Politics

Medicare Thieves

Stealing from the government-run health care system is much easier-and potentially more lucrative-than dealing drugs.

Peter Suderman | 9.13.2011 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Forty Texas Cops Rob a Strip Club

Mike Riggs | 9.12.2011 12:28 PM

Politics

Bummer

Barack Obama turns out to be just another drug warrior.

Jacob Sullum | 9.12.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

'Someone at That Office Must Have Misread the Statute'

Jacob Sullum | 9.9.2011 1:20 PM

Politics

The Era of Big Government Is Not Over

Guitar raids, Texas "justice," and other depressing scenes from the 2012 presidential campaign

Damon Root | 9.9.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

Renton Police Drop Cyberstalking Investigation of Cartoon Creator, Pursue Harassment Claim Instead

Jacob Sullum | 9.7.2011 3:30 PM

Politics

California Prisons Isolate Some Inmates for Years

Lucy Steigerwald | 9.6.2011 11:15 AM

Civil Liberties

Instapundit Glenn Reynolds on Why it's Important to Film the Police

Nick Gillespie | 9.5.2011 11:22 AM

Politics

Rick Perry's Criminal Justice Record

Jacob Sullum | 9.2.2011 6:03 PM

Policy

Texas Sporting News

Jacob Sullum | 9.2.2011 4:49 PM

Politics

The ACLU and the DOJ Form a Medical Marijuana Alliance

Jacob Sullum | 9.2.2011 2:07 PM