Criminal Justice

Policy

How Wrongful Convictions Happen

Just how flawed is our criminal justice system?

Radley Balko | 2.13.2008 12:00 PM

Politics

Big News in Mississippi

Radley Balko | 2.11.2008 1:25 PM

Politics

9/11 Terror Suspects from Gitmo Likely to Face Military Tribunal

Brian Doherty | 2.11.2008 12:52 PM

Policy

Police Professionalism in Boston

Radley Balko | 2.11.2008 8:30 AM

Policy

Vigilantes Check Online Sex Offender List, Hit Wrong House

Radley Balko | 2.6.2008 12:14 PM

Policy

More Police Professionalism for Justice Scalia

Radley Balko | 2.1.2008 3:33 PM

Policy

Aguirre: The Wrath of Allah

Jesse Walker | 1.31.2008 12:39 PM

Politics

Padilla: The Civilian Court System Somehow Managed to Handle Him

Brian Doherty | 1.22.2008 7:51 PM

Politics

Scalia's "New Professionalism" Comes Full Circle

Radley Balko | 1.18.2008 12:03 PM

Politics

Foot Tapping and Hand Waving As Free Speech

Jacob Sullum | 1.17.2008 11:27 AM

Policy

Casting a Wide Net

Radley Balko | 1.17.2008 10:23 AM

Policy

Mississippi Moves Toward First DNA Exoneration

Radley Balko | 1.12.2008 1:05 PM

Policy

Another Exoneration

Radley Balko | 1.11.2008 12:39 PM

Policy

Are Attorneys Released From Attorney-Client Privilege Once the Client Dies?

Radley Balko | 1.9.2008 12:48 PM

Policy

Jason Vorhees, Crime Fighter

Jacob Sullum | 1.9.2008 11:45 AM

Politics

Which Execution Method Causes the Least Discomfort (to the Public)?

Jacob Sullum | 1.8.2008 6:36 PM

Politics

Hillary Clinton: Wrong on Just About Everything

Radley Balko | 1.5.2008 10:04 AM

Policy

More Prosecutors Like Craig Watkins, Please

Radley Balko | 1.3.2008 10:30 AM

Policy

You Can Get a Ticket for That, but Only in Austin

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2008 7:32 PM

Policy

The Columbus Crotch Guard

Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2008 1:54 PM

Policy

The FBI Finally—Finally!—Gets Its Priorities Straight

Nick Gillespie | 1.2.2008 7:47 AM

Policy

Just How Dangerous Is Police Work?

Radley Balko | 12.28.2007 9:04 AM

Policy

The Execution State, Not the Death Sentence State

Jacob Sullum | 12.26.2007 11:39 AM

Policy

Back to Mississippi

Radley Balko | 12.21.2007 10:17 AM

Policy

The 9th Circuit Upholds the Freedom to Drink a Beer

Jacob Sullum | 12.19.2007 12:49 PM

Policy

Mind the Gap

Fixing the unjust disparity in punishment between crack and cocaine powder

Jacob Sullum | 12.19.2007 6:54 AM

Policy

Bush Discovers That Drug Sentences Can Be Too Long

Jacob Sullum | 12.17.2007 1:54 PM

Politics

A Day in Court and the Nature of the State

Brian Doherty | 12.17.2007 9:22 AM

Policy

Trapping the Entrappers

Radley Balko | 12.16.2007 11:47 AM

Politics

Even Jokes Will Be Taken Seriously

Jacob Sullum | 12.14.2007 11:32 AM

Policy

Madder Than MADD

Jacob Sullum | 12.13.2007 12:54 PM

Policy

Want to Get Away With Murder in Chicago?

Radley Balko | 12.13.2007 12:05 PM

Policy

The Other Steroids Problem

Radley Balko | 12.12.2007 12:28 PM

Policy

More Good News on Crack Sentences

Jacob Sullum | 12.11.2007 4:28 PM

Politics

Huckabee Begs a Pardon

Radley Balko | 12.10.2007 6:47 PM

Policy

Shorter Drug Sentences, Courtesy of the Supreme Court

Jacob Sullum | 12.10.2007 2:34 PM

Policy

To Catch a Petty Thief

Radley Balko | 12.3.2007 11:33 AM

Policy

No Money, No Justice

Do public defenders deserve scorn, or bigger budgets?

Radley Balko | 11.29.2007 1:05 PM

Policy

Lest You Think Southerners Are Comfortable With Incest

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2007 5:51 PM

Policy

A Curious Kind of Democracy

Radley Balko | 11.27.2007 11:43 AM

Politics

Georgia Supreme Court Rejects Banishment of Sex Offenders

Jacob Sullum | 11.26.2007 11:01 AM

Policy

Richard Paey Speaks

An interview with the paraplegic man sentenced to 25 years in prison for treating his own pain.

Radley Balko | 11.20.2007 6:51 AM

Policy

More Problems in the FBI Crime Lab

Radley Balko | 11.19.2007 11:45 AM

Policy

Barry Bonds: It's Not the Crime, It's the Coverup…

Brian Doherty | 11.16.2007 5:37 PM

Politics

Your Liberty Dollar Raid Update

Jeff Taylor | 11.16.2007 10:35 AM

Politics

Justice Collides With the Rule of Law

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2007 10:51 AM

Policy

From the DWI Files

Radley Balko | 11.12.2007 11:35 AM