Criminal Justice

Policy

Sexting Prosecutor Wants Immunity

Radley Balko | 1.18.2011 9:50 AM

Politics

Justice for Sal

After five years, the family of a Virginia optometrist killed by a SWAT team finally gets some closure.

Radley Balko | 1.17.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Iowa Legislator Seeks to Criminalize Cocktails

Jacob Sullum | 1.14.2011 3:05 PM

Policy

The Most Amazing Wrongful Conviction Story You'll Read Today

Radley Balko | 1.14.2011 11:32 AM

Policy

Cliff Kincaid's Reefer Madness

Jacob Sullum | 1.13.2011 4:27 PM

Policy

A Gun That Can See Into Your Soul

Jacob Sullum | 1.13.2011 2:50 PM

Politics

Looking for Loughners

Jacob Sullum | 1.13.2011 12:03 PM

Politics

Should Public Health Trump the Bill of Rights?

Damon Root | 1.13.2011 12:01 PM

Politics

If Mental Illness Made Him Do It, Why Punish Him?

Jacob Sullum | 1.12.2011 12:02 PM

Politics

Heavy Metal and the Tucson Shootings

Damon Root | 1.12.2011 11:48 AM

Politics

The Lone Gunman Theory of Legislation

The perils of letting armed lunatics drive public policy

Jacob Sullum | 1.12.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

David Frum on Jared Loughner's Reefer Madness

Jacob Sullum | 1.11.2011 5:56 PM

Politics

Loughner's Lawyer

Damon Root | 1.11.2011 10:40 AM

Politics

He Did Not Have a License to Kill Either

Jacob Sullum | 1.10.2011 4:21 PM

Politics

Paul Helmke Indicts Wayne LaPierre for Mass Murder While Condemning 'Heated Political Rhetoric'

Jacob Sullum | 1.10.2011 2:56 PM

Politics

The Year in Clemency

The major pardon and commutation stories of 2010

Radley Balko | 1.10.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

The Shootings in Arizona: A Reading List

Jesse Walker | 1.10.2011 10:23 AM

Policy

This Week in Innocence

Radley Balko | 1.5.2011 1:03 PM

Policy

Scott Andringa for Judge?

The prosecutor who sent Richard Paey to prison wants a promotion.

Radley Balko | 1.3.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Who Was the Worst Prosecutor of 2010?

Radley Balko | 1.3.2011 10:02 AM

Policy

Does Sexual Fare Cause Sexual Violence?

The truth about pornography

Steve Chapman | 1.3.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Steven Hayne, Expert for the Defense

Radley Balko | 1.2.2011 6:05 PM

Policy

Abolish Drunk Driving Laws

If lawmakers are serious about saving lives, they should focus on impairment, not alcohol.

Radley Balko | 12.31.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

The Grand Jury Farce

Radley Balko | 12.30.2010 1:44 PM

Policy

Why Brian Aitken Wasn't Pardoned

Radley Balko | 12.29.2010 2:43 PM

Politics

Is Jury Nullification Legal?

Damon Root | 12.28.2010 5:23 PM

Policy

Wisconsin Supreme Court: Sex Offender Registries Needn't Be Limited to Sex Offenders

Radley Balko | 12.27.2010 11:35 AM

Politics

The Death Penalty On the Wane

Is it time to abolish capital punishment?

Steve Chapman | 12.27.2010 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Pat Robertson Wants to Decriminalize Pot

Jesse Walker | 12.22.2010 7:41 PM

Policy

Reason Writers Around the Web: Radley Balko on the Siobhan Reynolds Case for Slate

Reason Staff | 12.22.2010 10:01 AM

Policy

Montana Jurors Just Say No to a Penny-Ante Pot Case

Jacob Sullum | 12.21.2010 5:06 PM

Policy

How to Record the Cops

A guide to keeping law enforcement accountable

Radley Balko | 12.21.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Chris Christie Commutes Brian Aitken's Sentence

Radley Balko | 12.20.2010 7:32 PM

Policy

Beyond Bars

A new project has conservatives thinking more seriously about crime.

Radley Balko | 12.20.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

Reason Writers on the Tube: Radley Balko Talks About the Death Penalty on the Alyona Show

Reason Staff | 12.20.2010 10:09 AM

Politics

Obama's War on Terror Is Not 'Bush Lite'—It's More Like Bush Light

Jacob Sullum | 12.16.2010 12:02 PM

Politics

Bradley Manning Alone

Jesse Walker | 12.15.2010 11:03 AM

Politics

The SWAT Team Would Like to See Your Alcohol Permit

How police use regulatory inspections to conduct warrantless searches

Radley Balko | 12.13.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

A Roundup of "Nut-Punch" Criminal Justice Stories

Radley Balko | 12.10.2010 12:27 PM

Policy

PJTV on the Brian Aitken Case

Radley Balko | 12.10.2010 11:26 AM

Policy

Another Forfeiture Crime

Brian Doherty | 12.10.2010 1:49 AM

Politics

What Does It Take for Republicans to Recognize the Perils of Excessive Prosecutorial Discretion?

Jacob Sullum | 12.6.2010 4:15 PM

Policy

The Continuing Saga of Steven Hayne

The latest developments in the story of America's most industrious medical examiner

Radley Balko | 12.6.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

Obama Ends His Pardon Drought. Meekly.

Radley Balko | 12.5.2010 6:00 PM

Politics

Wesley Snipes: Acquitted, but Imprisoned for His Bad Attitude

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.3.2010 4:55 PM