Criminal Justice

Policy

A Fashion Crime That Could Get You a Year in Jail

Jacob Sullum | 4.28.2011 1:23 PM

Policy

DOJ Denies Marc Emery's Transfer Request

Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2011 5:00 PM

Policy

Is Poker Gambling in New York?

Jacob Sullum | 4.27.2011 2:45 PM

Policy

The "War on Cops" That Isn't

Despite what you may have read, it's safer to be a police officer today than it has been in 35 years.

Radley Balko | 4.26.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Judge Denies Relief to Pennsylvania Man Convicted on Bogus Bite Mark Testimony

Radley Balko | 4.25.2011 1:50 PM

Police Abuse

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 4.24.2011 10:00 AM

Politics

The Smell of Privacy

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2011 5:44 PM

Politics

Obama Has the Constitutional Scholar's Greatest Gift: He Can Tell Who Is Guilty Just By Lookin' At 'Em

Brian Doherty | 4.22.2011 4:35 PM

Politics

'We're All Hostages to the Dopiest Person With a Phone'

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2011 1:54 PM

Politics

Jerry Brown's Vacation Gift to Prison Guards

Tim Cavanaugh | 4.22.2011 1:29 PM

Policy

Online Poker Update

Jacob Sullum | 4.22.2011 12:07 PM

Policy

Watch the Watchmen

It shouldn't be a crime to record the cops.

John Stossel | 4.21.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Poker Bars

Why should anyone go to prison for helping people play cards?

Jacob Sullum | 4.20.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

What About Porn Featuring Hot Poker Playing Action?

Jacob Sullum | 4.18.2011 4:37 PM

Politics

Sunday Morning Nut-Punch

Radley Balko | 4.17.2011 11:45 AM

Politics

How the Innocent Get Convicted

Radley Balko | 4.14.2011 4:00 PM

Policy

Sen. Orrin Hatch Demands More Porn Prosecutions

Reason Staff | 4.7.2011 2:51 PM

Politics

Federal Pirates Out to Steal Private Silver Coins

Brian Doherty | 4.4.2011 3:25 PM

Politics

Scalia and the Innocent

Radley Balko | 4.4.2011 9:36 AM

Policy

The Institute for Justice Takes Aim at Georgia Forfeiture Abuses

Radley Balko | 4.1.2011 1:13 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Firms Up State Immunity From Wrongful Conviction Lawsuits

Radley Balko | 3.29.2011 6:24 PM

Policy

Village Voice: Highly-Publicized Sex Trafficking Report Is Mostly Made Up

Radley Balko | 3.29.2011 1:05 PM

Policy

More Signs That Online Poker Is Going Legit

Jacob Sullum | 3.28.2011 3:54 PM

Civil Liberties

Reason.tv: Radley Balko on the 3 Worst Cases of Police Abuse in 2011

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 3.28.2011 12:24 PM

Policy

Quote of the Day

Radley Balko | 3.28.2011 9:59 AM

Politics

Remember How the FBI Pinned the Post-9/11 Anthrax Case on a Government Researcher Three Weeks After He Committed Suicide?

Matt Welch | 3.25.2011 8:41 AM

Policy

Failing Upward in Criminal Justice

The prosecutor who wrongly put a paraplegic in prison wants to be a judge.

Radley Balko | 3.22.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

How Drug Cops Go Bad

We shouldn't be surprised when the police officers we ask to break the laws they enforce turn corrupt.

Radley Balko | 3.21.2011 5:30 PM

Policy

This Week in Innocence

Radley Balko | 3.21.2011 1:15 PM

Politics

Liberty Dollar Founder Reportedly Found Guilty

Brian Doherty | 3.18.2011 4:44 PM

Politics

The Bureau of Prisons Tries Some New Tricks

Brian Doherty | 3.18.2011 3:50 PM

Policy

Former Police Commissioner Explains Why Cops Lie

Jacob Sullum | 3.18.2011 1:11 PM

Policy

Imagine How Much They'd Spend on Pot Busts If Marijuana Possession Hadn't Been Decriminalized

Jacob Sullum | 3.17.2011 11:32 AM

Policy

The Salvia May Be Simulated, but the Bars Are Real

Jacob Sullum | 3.16.2011 12:38 PM

Policy

Obama: Better Background Checks Would Stop Future Loughners

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2011 1:40 PM

Politics

Getting Forensics Right

The forensics system is finally getting some national attention, but reformers aren't addressing the real problem.

Radley Balko | 3.14.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

More on the Supreme Court and DNA Testing

Radley Balko | 3.11.2011 2:18 PM

Policy

Drug Sentencing Reform in Kentucky

Jacob Sullum | 3.10.2011 12:29 PM

Policy

Prison Rape: Still a Problem. Government: Still Not All That Concerned About It.

Radley Balko | 3.9.2011 3:35 PM

Politics

Periodic Detention Reviews—Now With More Reviewers!

Jacob Sullum | 3.9.2011 2:37 PM

Policy

Prosecutor Defends Child Pornography Charge While Admitting It Is Unjust and Inappropriate

Jacob Sullum | 3.9.2011 11:48 AM

Politics

Tennessee Cops Posed as a Defense Attorney To Get Suspect To Incriminate Himself

Radley Balko | 3.8.2011 1:24 PM

Policy

Texas Friendly Spoken to Illegals (as Long as They Work in Your House)

Nick Gillespie | 3.8.2011 8:34 AM

Politics

Leviathan's Lawyers

Obama's stand against DOMA raises the question: Why don't presidents stick up for the Constitution more often?

Radley Balko | 3.7.2011 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Briefly Noted: DIY Exoneration

Radley Balko | 3.4.2011 4:54 PM

Politics

Can Prosecutors Make the Fourth Amendment Disappear by Calling a Suspect a Witness?

Jacob Sullum | 3.3.2011 12:40 PM