Criminal Justice

Politics

Why Is Scalia So Eager to Let a Murderer Off on a Technicality?

Jacob Sullum | 3.2.2011 1:44 PM

Policy

Video Gamers Take on a Cable News Critic

Radley Balko | 3.2.2011 1:43 PM

Policy

Why Would Anyone Object to Government Monitoring of Pain Treatment?

Jacob Sullum | 3.2.2011 11:30 AM

Policy

Mitch Daniels' Pot Luck

The Indiana governor's escape from prison taught him the importance of being tough on drug users.

Jacob Sullum | 3.2.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Jurors Acquit Suspect, Then Give Him Their Jury Pay

Radley Balko | 3.1.2011 3:23 PM

Politics

Brian Aitken's Mistake

An outrageous gun prosecution in New Jersey

Radley Balko | 3.1.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

You Can Have Sex With Them; Just Don't Photograph Them

A former cop's 15-year prison sentence illustrates the absurdity of federal child porn laws.

Radley Balko | 2.28.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Policing for Profit

Radley Balko | 2.28.2011 10:39 AM

Policy

Mitch Daniels' Disappearing Felony

Jacob Sullum | 2.25.2011 1:55 PM

Politics

Do You Care About Prosecution of Victimless Crimes & The Growing Prison Population?

Nick Gillespie | 2.24.2011 8:06 AM

Politics

A Case That Belonged on Maury, Not in Federal Court

Jacob Sullum | 2.23.2011 12:28 PM

Politics

'Never in My Wildest Dreams Did I Consider That Money to Be a Kickback'

Jacob Sullum | 2.23.2011 10:43 AM

Politics

Pennsylvania Railroad

In the Keystone State's juvenile justice scandal, money changed everything.

Jacob Sullum | 2.23.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

The Mind of a Police Dog

How misconceptions about dogs can lead to abuse of humans

Radley Balko | 2.21.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Police Cameras and Crime

Can a surveillance state make us safer?

Steve Chapman | 2.21.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Fully Informed Jury Arrest

Brian Doherty | 2.18.2011 3:31 PM

Policy

The Criminalization of Borat

Radley Balko | 2.17.2011 3:47 PM

Policy

Bloomberg: Do As I Say, Not As I Did

Jacob Sullum | 2.17.2011 3:15 PM

Politics

Hillary Clinton and the U.S. Government: Love the Twitter, Hate the Tweet

Brian Doherty | 2.16.2011 1:40 PM

Policy

Texas Declines Compensation for Wrongly Convicted Man Who Spent 18 Years on Death Row

Radley Balko | 2.15.2011 4:25 PM

Civil Liberties

Baby Stepping Toward a Better Prison System

Josh Brokaw | 2.14.2011 5:50 PM

Policy

Sticklers for Procedure

Ohio's Supreme Court reverses an acquittal in yet another outrageous sex abuse prosecution.

Radley Balko | 2.14.2011 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Atlanta PD Will No Longer Harass Citizens Who Record Cops

Radley Balko | 2.12.2011 12:57 PM

Policy

The Shaken Baby Problem

Radley Balko | 2.11.2011 5:59 PM

Policy

Lost in Translation: The Difference Between 'Hemp' and 'Hash' Could Be the Difference Between Life and Death

Jacob Sullum | 2.10.2011 11:49 AM

Politics

Magic Words to Repeat While Beating Inmates Unconscious: "Stop Resisting"

Stephen Smith | 2.8.2011 3:05 PM

Politics

Judge Orders Prior Restraint of Political Speech

Radley Balko | 2.8.2011 2:52 PM

Policy

This Week in Innocence

Radley Balko | 2.8.2011 1:46 PM

Policy

This Week in Innocence

Radley Balko | 2.4.2011 5:11 PM

Policy

More on the Non-Existent "War on Cops"

Radley Balko | 2.3.2011 2:26 PM

Policy

NPR Visits Mississippi

Radley Balko | 2.2.2011 10:27 AM

Policy

The Anti-Cop Trend That Isn't

Despite breathless media reports, there is little evidence that violence against police officers is on the rise.

Radley Balko | 1.31.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

The Minuteman Murder Case

Brian Doherty | 1.28.2011 2:15 PM

Policy

L.A. Teen Charged With "Attempted Lynching" Now Gets Raided by Police

Radley Balko | 1.28.2011 11:40 AM

Policy

You'll Stick With Your Crappy School, and You'll Like It

Radley Balko | 1.25.2011 12:36 PM

Politics

Why Cops Aren't Whistleblowers

The shameful stop snitchin' campaign among the men in blue

Radley Balko | 1.25.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

A Beating in Pittsburgh

A year after three cops beat an unarmed music student, they are still getting paid to do nothing.

Radley Balko | 1.24.2011 12:00 PM

TSA

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 1.23.2011 1:09 PM

Politics

We Want Peace and We'll Cut Off the Hands of Anybody Who Says Otherwise

Tim Cavanaugh | 1.23.2011 12:34 PM

Policy

Baltimore's Top Cop Disses The Wire

Jesse Walker | 1.23.2011 11:44 AM

Policy

Another Illinois Resident Charged for Recording Police

Radley Balko | 1.23.2011 9:52 AM

Policy

The Gun Tragedy/Gun Law Lag

Brian Doherty | 1.21.2011 5:05 PM

Policy

No One Is Suggesting Salvia Made Him Do It—Except Us

Jacob Sullum | 1.21.2011 11:09 AM

Politics

The Simpsons, Skins, and Child Porn

Jacob Sullum | 1.20.2011 5:46 PM

Policy

So How Is This Different From an Armed Robbery?

Radley Balko | 1.20.2011 4:16 PM

Policy

Reefer Madness Spreads to the U.K.

Jacob Sullum | 1.19.2011 12:01 PM

Policy

Looking for Loughners

Would laxer commitment rules make us safer?

Jacob Sullum | 1.19.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Why Should Public Opinion About Gun Control Change After a Shooting Rampage?

Jacob Sullum | 1.18.2011 6:31 PM