He Faces 10 Years to Life for Selling Pot, a Legal Business in Most States
Jonathan Wall, whose federal trial begins on May 2, notes that many people openly engage in similar conduct with impunity.
Jonathan Wall, whose federal trial begins on May 2, notes that many people openly engage in similar conduct with impunity.
Due to a lack of access to lethal injection drugs, Richard Moore had to choose between the electric chair and getting shot through the heart.
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A 2018 Reason investigation showed that the zones covered wide swaths of cities and turned minor drug crimes into prison sentences that rivaled those for murder or rape.
Empyreal Logistics agreed to drop its claims against the Justice Department, but it is still suing San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus.
Starr County District Attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez has yet to explain how this egregious error escaped his notice.
The controversial Columbia neuroscientist, Air Force vet, and author of Drug Use for Grown-Ups believes deeply in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
A Santa Ana police officer is the latest official to use YouTube's copyright infringement algorithm as a means to evade accountability.
A new report shows wrongfully convicted people serving 1,849 years behind bars across the United States before being released last year.
The agency’s tactics doomed the prosecution of defendants who allegedly planned to kidnap Michigan's governor.
One of Ralph Petty's victims is trying to hold him accountable, but she will have to overcome prosecutorial immunity.
The maverick Columbia neuroscientist explains why America should embrace drug legalization for all.
The ATF used a lot of words that invite lawsuits and leave industry insiders baffled.
The ordeal highlights how collective bargaining in the public sphere has stacked almost every factor against alleged victims of police misconduct.
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After the tragic shooting of Amir Locke, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has made changes to the controversial practice. But are they enough?
Juan Guzman spent nearly six weeks in jail based on unreliable field tests that have resulted in hundreds of other wrongful arrests.
"This is such outrageous behavior by the FBI," a D.C. Circuit judge says, calling the agency's special treatment of rich people "deeply troubling."
Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the nation's first Supreme Court justice to have served as a public defender, and the first since Thurgood Marshall to have experience as a defense attorney. That's good.
Going after oligarchs breathes new life into sketchy asset forfeiture powers.
That perplexing situation underlines the hazards of police tactics that aim to prevent violence but often have the opposite effect.
After Rochester police took her cash, Cristal Starling found out just how hard it is to challenge civil asset forfeiture in court.
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The city's army of 160 speed cameras issued a ticket every 11 seconds during 2021 and generated $89 million in revenue.
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The previous standard barring such lawsuits made “little sense," wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh for the majority.
By smearing public defenders, the Texas senator shows what he thinks of constitutional rights.
One bill would repeal a range of laws against sex work, while the other would change them from criminal to civil offenses.