In 2020, police severely injured Karen Garner when they arrested her for petty theft. While two officers faced time behind bars for the incident, a newly released report makes even more misconduct public.
California police seized more than $17,000 from Vera and Apollonia Ward and accused them of laundering drug money, all without charging them with a crime. The two sisters were trying to start a dog-breeding business.
Even in cases that hinged on the trustworthiness of demonstrably untrustworthy cops, people are still waiting to get their money back.
The Supreme Court's 2018 ruling in Timbs v. Indiana revived the Excessive Fines Clause. Now state courts have to come up with tests to determine what's excessive.
It’s a little thing, but thousands of people end up in jail over these types of avoidable technical violations.
Priscilla Villarreal found herself in a jail cell for publishing two routine stories. A federal court still can't decide what to do about that.
In a post-FOSTA world, Section 230 still protects websites from lawsuits over criminal sexual conduct by their users.
In addition to six state charges, David DePape faces two federal charges, each punishable by decades in prison.
State prisons around the country ban the roleplaying game, too, because of bizarre concerns about gang behavior and security threats.
Voters will soon cast ballots on a constitutional amendment that seeks to explicitly remove any protections for abortion in the state's constitution.
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The music industry objects to the use of rap lyrics by prosecutors.
When states misuse sex-offender registries and apply them to any crime that involves a child, individual rights are abused.
The two fake news organizations want the Supreme Court to review the case of a man who was arrested for making fun of the police.
A federal judge denied qualified immunity for officers accused of making up charges to get money from fines.
The agency should be abolished and its employees sent to seek jobs in the private sector.
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.
Norma Thornton of Bullhead City, Arizona, is suing for the right to help people in need.
The Institute for Justice argues evidence from warrantless searches can’t be used for zoning enforcement.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in September that will chip away at a policy that has long been criticized as enabling racially-motivated policing.
Plus: Pandemic learning loss, German weed legalization, and more...
The unsubstantiated threat that strangers with cannabis candy allegedly pose to trick-or-treaters is an urban legend that never dies.
Q&A with Philadelphia's district attorney, who is facing an impeachment threat because of rising crime.
Q&A with Philadelphia's district attorney, who is facing an impeachment threat because of rising crime.
Once again, policies billed as helping people coerced into prostitution wind up harming those that cops say they're trying to help.
While Biden's mass pardons for those with low-level marijuana possession convictions were greeted with cautious optimism, protesters expressed frustration over Biden's lack of action to actually release those imprisoned for nonviolent drug crimes.
A protest at the White House calls attention to the thousands of federal cannabis offenders who remain incarcerated.
Out of 37 officers who were terminated and later reinstated, 17 had committed acts deemed a "threat to safety."
Is a federal takeover of the troubled jail pending?
The FBI changed the way it compiles data, and reporting law-enforcement agencies have yet to catch up.
Fearmongering about mass school shootings leads to some dumb, privacy-threatening ideas.
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A highway engineer got qualified immunity for detaining drivers—despite not being a cop.
Despite that evidence, it is hard to tell whether Trump actually thought he beat Biden.
Craig Ridley died after corrections officers paralyzed him in a beating then left him without medical care for days.
Forensic techniques are nowhere near as reliable as cops shows pretend.
"I never thought this could happen in this country," Gregory Hahn said.
The Golden State promises a progressive, environmentally conscious, labor-friendly war on weed.
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