Criminal Justice

Civil Liberties

Court Decides: S & M Not Consensual

Brian Doherty | 3.6.2007 6:06 PM

Civil Liberties

The Madness of Patrick Fitzgerald

Sifting through the nonsense that is the Scooter Libby trial

Michael McMenamin | 3.5.2007 5:41 AM

Policy

Zoned Out

Sex offender residency restrictions

Jacob Sullum | 3.1.2007 8:05 PM

Policy

Prisoner's Dilemma

Incarceration and Crime

Radley Balko | 3.1.2007 2:14 PM

Politics

Arizona's Perverted Sense of Justice

Jacob Sullum | 2.28.2007 12:53 PM

Policy

The Sneeze Rule

Radley Balko | 2.26.2007 11:32 AM

Policy

Newsflash: Social Science Lacks Predictive Power

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 2.20.2007 1:46 PM

Policy

Contempt of Due Process

Jacob Sullum | 2.16.2007 1:23 PM

Civil Liberties

Minors Exploiting Themselves

Radley Balko | 2.12.2007 12:32 PM

Policy

The Beauty of Mandatory Minimums: You Don't Have to Ask for Them

Jacob Sullum | 2.9.2007 1:02 PM

Politics

"Billions of dollars of their money disappeared….I'm saying what difference does it make?"

Brian Doherty | 2.8.2007 6:16 PM

Policy

Felony Murder Charge in the Kathryn Johnston Death

Radley Balko | 2.8.2007 7:51 AM

Policy

I'm Sure its Act of Contrition Statistics Are Equally Impressive

Brian Doherty | 2.5.2007 12:04 PM

Policy

He Told Me He Was 12, but He Was Lying

Jacob Sullum | 2.1.2007 10:47 AM

Politics

Boston Blows Up the Mooninites

Brian Doherty | 1.31.2007 7:11 PM

Policy

An Income Tax Bloodbath A-Brewing?

Brian Doherty | 1.19.2007 9:56 AM

Policy

Where Did Barzan Go?

Jacob Sullum | 1.17.2007 3:42 PM

Policy

More Tales of Prosecutoral Excess

Radley Balko | 1.17.2007 2:50 PM

Policy

A 'Hard Lesson' in Prosecutorial Idiocy

Jacob Sullum | 1.17.2007 1:19 PM

Politics

It Never Crimes in Southern California…

Brian Doherty | 1.9.2007 1:49 PM

Policy

Also, Federal Express Is More Reliable Than the U.S. Postal Service

Jacob Sullum | 1.8.2007 12:27 PM

Policy

Reason Cited by Mississippi Supreme Court

Radley Balko | 1.8.2007 9:30 AM

Policy

Jailhouse Converts?

Radley Balko | 12.29.2006 4:12 PM

Policy

Regulating Around the Fourth Amendment

Radley Balko | 12.29.2006 11:25 AM

Policy

Smoking Joints and Broken Windows

Jacob Sullum | 12.15.2006 5:20 PM

Policy

Puzzle for the Governor: Is Life in Prison Excessive for Smoking Pot?

Jacob Sullum | 12.15.2006 1:07 PM

Politics

Could Torture Bring Down Bush?

Brian Doherty | 12.14.2006 11:32 AM

Policy

Selective Outrage

Radley Balko | 12.13.2006 7:48 AM

Politics

DWI Scandal in Connecticut

Radley Balko | 12.10.2006 7:23 PM

Policy

Snipes Hunt Over

Brian Doherty | 12.8.2006 7:01 PM

Civil Liberties

Parent Trap

Are false abuse charges a common tactic in child custody battles?

Cathy Young | 12.7.2006 5:21 AM

Policy

What's Behind the New Violent Crime Wave?

Nick Gillespie | 12.4.2006 7:32 AM

Politics

The Damndest Bit of Parking Meter Sneakiness I Ever Did See

Brian Doherty | 12.1.2006 5:55 PM

Policy

One More on the Johnston Case

Radley Balko | 12.1.2006 1:28 PM

Policy

American Gulag

Radley Balko | 11.30.2006 8:23 AM

Policy

One Ring To Ruin Them All

Anti-crime zones hurt innocents instead of protecting them.

Jacob Sullum | 11.29.2006 4:41 AM

Policy

Less Cons, Less Crime

Radley Balko | 11.27.2006 5:20 PM

Policy

Boston's Playstation-Fueled Crime Spree

Jacob Sullum | 11.20.2006 2:51 PM

Civil Liberties

OJ Simpson. There, I Said It

Brian Doherty | 11.17.2006 10:21 AM

Politics

"Stand Up, Or We'll Tase You Again"

Brian Doherty | 11.16.2006 8:05 PM

Policy

Chicago Man Burns Himself to Death; Despite His Best Efforts, War in Iraq Continues

Brian Doherty | 11.15.2006 11:58 AM

Policy

Crack and Coke, Revisited

Radley Balko | 11.15.2006 11:27 AM

Policy

Shaq Attack

Radley Balko | 11.8.2006 6:58 PM

Policy

MySuit

Cybersex crimes

Brian Doherty | 10.20.2006 9:37 AM

Politics

The Best for the Worst

Big-time terrorists get a trial; anonymous "enemy combatants" just get locked up

Jacob Sullum | 10.4.2006 3:18 PM

Policy

The Case of Cory Maye

A cop is dead, an innocent man may be on death row, and drug warriors keep knocking down doors.

Radley Balko | 10.1.2006 8:42 AM

Politics

Tortured Reasoning

The Right Approach to Rough Treatment

Jonathan Rauch | 9.25.2006 8:57 AM

Policy

Is Your IP Address Harboring Pedophiles?

Spoofing Alberto Gonzales' permanent surveillance state

Jeff Taylor | 9.25.2006 8:06 AM