Criminal Justice

Civil Liberties

More Reality Cop Show Shenanigans

Radley Balko | 3.25.2011 5:35 PM

Politics

Remember How the FBI Pinned the Post-9/11 Anthrax Case on a Government Researcher Three Weeks After He Committed Suicide?

Matt Welch | 3.25.2011 8:41 AM

Civil Liberties

Steven Seagal: Lawless Lawman

Radley Balko | 3.23.2011 7:11 PM

Civil Liberties

Bread and Circus. And Chickens. And Tanks.

Radley Balko | 3.23.2011 1:56 PM

War on Drugs

Fourth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity in Mistaken SWAT Raid

Radley Balko | 3.23.2011 1:51 PM

Politics

Senators "Ask" Apple to Stop Selling DUI Checkpoint Apps

Brian Doherty | 3.22.2011 10:31 PM

Policy

Failing Upward in Criminal Justice

The prosecutor who wrongly put a paraplegic in prison wants to be a judge.

Radley Balko | 3.22.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

How Drug Cops Go Bad

We shouldn't be surprised when the police officers we ask to break the laws they enforce turn corrupt.

Radley Balko | 3.21.2011 5:30 PM

Policy

This Week in Innocence

Radley Balko | 3.21.2011 1:15 PM

Government failure

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 3.19.2011 9:25 AM

Politics

Liberty Dollar Founder Reportedly Found Guilty

Brian Doherty | 3.18.2011 4:44 PM

Politics

The Bureau of Prisons Tries Some New Tricks

Brian Doherty | 3.18.2011 3:50 PM

Policy

Former Police Commissioner Explains Why Cops Lie

Jacob Sullum | 3.18.2011 1:11 PM

Policy

Imagine How Much They'd Spend on Pot Busts If Marijuana Possession Hadn't Been Decriminalized

Jacob Sullum | 3.17.2011 11:32 AM

Policy

The Salvia May Be Simulated, but the Bars Are Real

Jacob Sullum | 3.16.2011 12:38 PM

Policy

Another Isolated Incident

Radley Balko | 3.16.2011 9:41 AM

Policy

Obama: Better Background Checks Would Stop Future Loughners

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2011 1:40 PM

Politics

No Protection for Police Whistle Blowers, Ct'd…

Radley Balko | 3.14.2011 12:23 PM

Politics

Getting Forensics Right

The forensics system is finally getting some national attention, but reformers aren't addressing the real problem.

Radley Balko | 3.14.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

More on the Supreme Court and DNA Testing

Radley Balko | 3.11.2011 2:18 PM

Policy

DA Issues Report on the Eurie Stamps Raid: Cop Who Killed Unarmed, 68-Year-Man Tripped, Accidentally Fired His Gun

Radley Balko | 3.10.2011 1:48 PM

Policy

Drug Sentencing Reform in Kentucky

Jacob Sullum | 3.10.2011 12:29 PM

Policy

Prison Rape: Still a Problem. Government: Still Not All That Concerned About It.

Radley Balko | 3.9.2011 3:35 PM

Politics

Periodic Detention Reviews—Now With More Reviewers!

Jacob Sullum | 3.9.2011 2:37 PM

Civil Liberties

SWAT Officer Killed By Non-Lethal Flashbang Grenade

Radley Balko | 3.9.2011 12:13 PM

Policy

Prosecutor Defends Child Pornography Charge While Admitting It Is Unjust and Inappropriate

Jacob Sullum | 3.9.2011 11:48 AM

Politics

Who Trains the Watchmen?

Jesse Walker | 3.9.2011 10:05 AM

Politics

Tennessee Cops Posed as a Defense Attorney To Get Suspect To Incriminate Himself

Radley Balko | 3.8.2011 1:24 PM

Policy

Texas Friendly Spoken to Illegals (as Long as They Work in Your House)

Nick Gillespie | 3.8.2011 8:34 AM

Politics

Leviathan's Lawyers

Obama's stand against DOMA raises the question: Why don't presidents stick up for the Constitution more often?

Radley Balko | 3.7.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Police Raid Roundup

Radley Balko | 3.5.2011 4:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Briefly Noted: DIY Exoneration

Radley Balko | 3.4.2011 4:54 PM

Politics

Some Ugly Implications of the Manning Prosecution

Brian Doherty | 3.4.2011 2:29 PM

Politics

Student Sues FBI Over GPS in His Car

Brian Doherty | 3.4.2011 1:34 PM

Civil Liberties

An Update on Citizens-Recording-Cops Cases in New Haven

Radley Balko | 3.4.2011 12:37 PM

Politics

BATF Agent Says Guns Deliberately Allowed by BATF to Cross Border Used to Kill Border Patrol Agent

Brian Doherty | 3.4.2011 12:35 PM

Politics

Can Prosecutors Make the Fourth Amendment Disappear by Calling a Suspect a Witness?

Jacob Sullum | 3.3.2011 12:40 PM

Politics

Why Is Scalia So Eager to Let a Murderer Off on a Technicality?

Jacob Sullum | 3.2.2011 1:44 PM

Policy

Video Gamers Take on a Cable News Critic

Radley Balko | 3.2.2011 1:43 PM

Policy

Why Would Anyone Object to Government Monitoring of Pain Treatment?

Jacob Sullum | 3.2.2011 11:30 AM

Policy

Mitch Daniels' Pot Luck

The Indiana governor's escape from prison taught him the importance of being tough on drug users.

Jacob Sullum | 3.2.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Jurors Acquit Suspect, Then Give Him Their Jury Pay

Radley Balko | 3.1.2011 3:23 PM

Politics

Bell, California, Police Memo Outlines Rules for Motorist Baseball

Radley Balko | 3.1.2011 1:56 PM

Politics

Brian Aitken's Mistake

An outrageous gun prosecution in New Jersey

Radley Balko | 3.1.2011 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

An Interactive "War on Cameras" Map

Radley Balko | 2.28.2011 1:50 PM

Politics

You Can Have Sex With Them; Just Don't Photograph Them

A former cop's 15-year prison sentence illustrates the absurdity of federal child porn laws.

Radley Balko | 2.28.2011 12:00 PM