Criminal Justice

Policy

More Apparent Evidence Tampering From Michael West, Bite Mark "Expert"

Lucy Steigerwald | 9.1.2011 5:28 PM

Policy

Junkies Don't Need Drug Warriors to Save Them From Themselves

Shikha Dalmia | 9.1.2011 1:28 PM

Policy

Because 25 Years for 25 Grams of Percocet Was Not Tough Enough

Jacob Sullum | 9.1.2011 12:43 PM

Politics

Michael Lind: Libertarians "Apologize for Autocracy" and "Side with the Confederacy"

Damon Root | 8.31.2011 1:50 PM

Politics

Your Lying Eyes

How fallible memories send innocent people to prison

Jacob Sullum | 8.31.2011 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Reason Morning Links: New Witness Claims Kelly Thomas Didn't Fight Back, KBR Makes Bank, Wikileaks Releases Unredacted Cables

Mike Riggs | 8.30.2011 8:44 AM

Policy

'FIRE Is Sticking Up for Penises Everywhere'

Jacob Sullum | 8.29.2011 3:03 PM

Politics

Injustice, In Plain Sight

The trouble with eyewitness testimony

Steve Chapman | 8.29.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Reading Is Fundamentally Forbidden

Prison Legal News fights for the First Amendment at South Carolina's Berkeley County Detention Center.

Greg Beato | 8.25.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Will Weigh In on Eyewitness Testimony

Damon Root | 8.23.2011 5:11 PM

Policy

Serve and Protect

The dangers of our increasingly militarized police

A. Barton Hinkle | 8.23.2011 12:00 PM

Local Government

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 8.21.2011 6:31 PM

Policy

The West Memphis Three Are Free

Damon Root | 8.19.2011 2:34 PM

Politics

A False Remedy for Sex Offenders

Draconian laws offer counterfeit comfort.

Steve Chapman | 8.19.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Will the West Memphis Three Be Set Free Today?

Damon Root | 8.19.2011 8:23 AM

Politics

'The Department Does Not Like Laundry Being Aired in Public'

Jacob Sullum | 8.4.2011 3:30 PM

Politics

Judge Rejects Florida's Drug Exception to Due Process

Jacob Sullum | 8.4.2011 12:06 PM

War on Drugs

Attorney for the Fullerton Six: "Public perception of officer's trying to control a combative, resistive suspect rarely conforms…to reality"

Mike Riggs | 8.3.2011 3:21 PM

Policy

You Can Grow It, but Not in Front of the Kids

Jacob Sullum | 8.3.2011 3:10 PM

War on Drugs

Fullerton Cops Who Beat Kelly Thomas Into a Coma Placed on Leave

Mike Riggs | 8.3.2011 11:14 AM

War on Drugs

Fullerton Cop Allegedly Bragged About Brutally Beating Homeless Man Kelly Thomas

Mike Riggs | 8.2.2011 4:49 PM

Civil Liberties

New Witness Testimonies Surface In Kelly Thomas Case: "They Pounded His Face Against the Curb"; "He's Almost Halfway Dead"

Mike Riggs | 8.2.2011 10:46 AM

Civil Liberties

FBI Investigating "Scuffle" In Which Five Fullerton Cops Beat Kelly Thomas Into a Coma

Mike Riggs | 8.1.2011 4:47 PM

War on Drugs

Homeless Man Dies After Being Brutally Beaten by Five Fullerton Cops

Mike Riggs | 7.29.2011 1:52 AM

Policy

Allow Me to Introduce My Victim

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2011 6:16 PM

Policy

Obama Supports a 'Public Health' Approach to Drugs, but Only in Theory

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2011 4:45 PM

Policy

The Police Say David Lee Turner's Shooting Was Justified, but Their Account Suggests Otherwise

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2011 11:34 AM

Politics

Cannabis Capitulation

The marijuana exception to Jan Brewer's federalism

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

'I Can Never Have Faith in Justice in This Country Again'

Jacob Sullum | 7.26.2011 10:43 AM

Policy

Spray Paint the Walls

Graffiti, art, and advertising

Greg Beato | 7.26.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

If at First You Don't Get a Prison Sentence, Try, Try Again

Jacob Sullum | 7.25.2011 4:31 PM

Policy

Targeting Child Porn With Sarbanes-Oxley; or, How to Cut Your Sentence in Half With a Hammer

Jacob Sullum | 7.22.2011 5:40 PM

Politics

Reason On Radio: Tim Cavanaugh talks California Prison Guards on Fresno's KMJ 105.9FM 580AM

Reason Staff | 7.22.2011 3:07 PM

Policy

Scientific Evidence Clearly Shows That Ecstasy Is Only 200 Times As Bad As Pot

Jacob Sullum | 7.22.2011 1:51 PM

Policy

At the University of North Dakota, Yes Also Means No

Jacob Sullum | 7.21.2011 6:55 PM

Politics

Stanford So Smart Even Its Rapists Are Logical

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.21.2011 3:50 PM

Politics

California Court Says Child Porn Requires Real Children

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2011 3:56 PM

Policy

A Pocketknife Earns Expulsion but Not a Felony Conviction

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2011 12:51 PM

Policy

'The Worst Attributes of Meth, Coke, PCP, LSD, and Ecstasy'

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2011 12:20 PM

Politics

New Jersey Proceeds With Medical Marijuana Dispensaries While Arizona Hangs Back

Jacob Sullum | 7.19.2011 5:05 PM

Policy

The Dangers of "Caylee's Law"

Fruitless outrage won't prevent future tragedies.

Steve Chapman | 7.18.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

The Cautionary Tale of Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Understanding the collapsing case against the former I.M.F. chief

Cathy Young | 7.13.2011 6:00 PM

Politics

California's Highest-Paid State Employee Is a Doctor No One Trusts to Treat Patients

Matt Welch | 7.13.2011 7:56 AM

Policy

Sheriff's Deputy Kills Former NFL Player Outside a Convenience Store

Jacob Sullum | 7.12.2011 2:58 PM

Politics

"TSA Agent Caught With Passenger's iPad in His Pants; Allegedly Took $50,000 in Other Goods, Cops Say"

Matt Welch | 7.8.2011 9:30 AM

Policy

Bill James: "The human race has been in a long struggle to eliminate murder. And we will succeed."

Matt Welch | 7.6.2011 2:20 PM

Policy

Cory Maye's Judgment Day

Matt Welch | 7.6.2011 12:27 PM