Criminal Justice

Politics

Rodney King Dead

Scott Shackford | 6.17.2012 12:41 PM

Policy

Registry of Exonerations Lists Those Who Were Wrongly Convicted

J.D. Tuccille | 6.15.2012 3:16 PM

Politics

Arkansas Supreme Court Rules Against Jacksonville Police Department for Trying to Include Employee Wages in FOIA Fee and Complaining About FOIA Request Being "Too Burdensome"

Ed Krayewski | 6.15.2012 9:52 AM

Policy

Restoring the Right of Self-Defense Is Not a License to Kill Cops

Jacob Sullum | 6.15.2012 2:04 AM

Policy

Not Being a Felon Is Not Enough to Avoid Going to Federal Prison for Being a Felon in Possession of a Gun

Scott Shackford | 6.14.2012 5:58 PM

Policy

But Without Government, Who Would Steal Huge Amounts of Property and Ruin People's Lives for Absurd and Indefensible Reasons?

Brian Doherty | 6.14.2012 2:39 PM

Policy

North Carolina PBA Warns of Anti-Police Conspiracy, Calls for Federal Investigation

J.D. Tuccille | 6.13.2012 3:05 PM

Politics

Can Licenses Protect Medical Marijuana Businesses? (Part II)

Jacob Sullum | 6.13.2012 1:21 AM

Politics

Family of West Point Graduate Shot to Death By Las Vegas Cops Suing Costco

Ed Krayewski | 6.12.2012 2:14 PM

Politics

Watching the Watchers: Drone Edition

Jesse Walker | 6.12.2012 1:49 PM

Politics

HIV Revisionism in Fort Bragg Acquittal

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.12.2012 11:09 AM

Politics

Border Patrol "procured unmanned aircraft before implementing adequate plans," Not Using Drones They Have, More on the Way

Ed Krayewski | 6.11.2012 2:43 PM

Politics

Cellphone Video Shows Four Cops Beating Philly Motorist Charged with Aggravated Assault and Resisting Arrest

Ed Krayewski | 6.11.2012 9:37 AM

Politics

Today I Learned the Awesome Traffic Power of Reddit's "Today I Learned" (TIL) Section

Nick Gillespie | 6.10.2012 9:49 AM

Politics

Expect Even More Medical Marijuana Raids Now That Obama is About to be Outed as a Past Big-Time Pot Smoker.

Nick Gillespie | 6.8.2012 4:13 PM

Politics

No Charges for Miami Cop Who Shot Unarmed Motorist

Ed Krayewski | 6.8.2012 3:42 PM

Politics

Pentagon Stops Helping Militarize Police for Now, Demands Papers, Please

Scott Shackford | 6.8.2012 3:21 PM

Politics

Deputy Shoots a Dog That Is Actually Dangerous: His Own

Scott Shackford | 6.8.2012 12:53 PM

Policy

Should We Let Law Enforcement Drone On and On?

Domestic shock-and-awe is now becoming par for the course.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.8.2012 10:30 AM

Politics

The Specter of Decatuple-Jointed Ears

Jacob Sullum | 6.8.2012 8:53 AM

Politics

Florida, Illinois Eliminate Commissions that Help Free Innocent, Investigate Police Torture

Scott Shackford | 6.7.2012 2:51 PM

Policy

New WFOR Theory: The 'Love Drug' Made Rudy Eugene Gnaw a Man's Face Off

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2012 6:37 PM

Policy

Street Justice vs. a Supreme Court Justice

Jacob Sullum | 6.6.2012 5:25 PM

Politics

Jail Time is on the Increase for Identical Crimes

Matthew Feeney | 6.6.2012 5:09 PM

Politics

Fullerton Recalls City Council Members Over Kelly Thomas Death

Paul Detrick | 6.6.2012 3:26 PM

Policy

Texas Police Chief Accused of Shooting Two Dogs and a House

J.D. Tuccille | 6.6.2012 3:00 PM

Policy

Law Lets New York Cops Keep Their Misconduct Secret

J.D. Tuccille | 6.5.2012 3:19 PM

Policy

How Many Men Does It Take to Overcome the 'Superhuman Strength' of a Perp or Patient Fortified by 'Bath Salts'?

Jacob Sullum | 6.5.2012 3:04 PM

Policy

Searching For a Bankrobber? Why not Handcuff Every Adult at a Traffic Stop?

Lucy Steigerwald | 6.5.2012 2:47 PM

Policy

Synthetic Drug Ban Will Soon Become Law

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2012 4:42 PM

Politics

If Colorado's Licenses Can't Protect Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Why Would California's?

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2012 3:32 PM

Politics

Philly FOP President to Police Advisory Commission: "Your group poses a direct threat to public safety in this City. A threat which should no longer be tolerated by our citizens or their government."

Ed Krayewski | 6.4.2012 2:22 PM

Politics

Cuomo Wants to Decriminalize 'Public Display' of Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 6.4.2012 1:18 PM

Politics

Deputies Help Californians Understand How Black Market Works by Selling "Unapproved" Guns

Scott Shackford | 6.2.2012 12:00 PM

Policy

Police Misconduct Map Shows Who's Been Thin-Blue-Brutalized Near You

J.D. Tuccille | 6.1.2012 2:18 PM

Politics

Politico Covers Wiki's Mild Solyndra Brouhaha, Ignores Wiki's Strange Kimberlin Kibosh

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.1.2012 1:45 PM

Politics

"Your First Amendment right can be terminated if you're creating a scene or whatever… your presence created a scene": Cop Probably Making Bigger Scene Than NBC News Photographer Who Got Detained

Ed Krayewski | 6.1.2012 1:12 PM

Politics

Seth Adams Was Still Alive After Deputy Sheriff Shot Him Four Times in Parking Lot of Family Business; New Details From Family Attorney, None From Police (w/ updates)

Ed Krayewski | 6.1.2012 9:48 AM

Policy

How Charlie Rangel's Outrage Shifted From Drugs to Drug Penalties

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 8:31 PM

Politics

John Edwards Is Still a Scumbag but Not, So Far, a Felon

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 5:05 PM

Policy

Voodoo Pharmacology Literalized: The Drug That Turns People Into Flesh-Eating Zombies

Jacob Sullum | 5.31.2012 2:42 PM

Politics

Union Perk for Portland Police: 48 Hour Waiting Period Before Post-Shooting Questioning

Ed Krayewski | 5.31.2012 9:07 AM

Politics

'Child Safety Zones' May Be Unfair and Ineffective, but They Feel So Good

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 2:21 PM

Politics

You Can Sometimes Reduce Drug Use, if You Kill Enough People

Matthew Feeney | 5.30.2012 1:07 PM

Policy

On the Verge of Serving His Jail Sentence, Dharun Ravi Apologizes

Jacob Sullum | 5.30.2012 12:17 PM

Politics

Cop Shoots Border Collie Mix He Mistook for Pitbull After Showing Up at Wrong Home

Ed Krayewski | 5.30.2012 10:13 AM

Policy

New Video of Five Year Old Vancouver Police Shooting of Bipolar Man Throws Closed Case Into Question

Ed Krayewski | 5.29.2012 8:14 PM