Criminal Justice

Policy

This Week in Innocence

Radley Balko | 1.5.2011 1:03 PM

Politics

California Supreme Court: Cell Phone Searches Don't Need a Warrant

Brian Doherty | 1.5.2011 12:56 PM

Politics

Daniel Ellsberg Beats the Rap Again!

Brian Doherty | 1.4.2011 6:29 PM

Policy

Scott Andringa for Judge?

The prosecutor who sent Richard Paey to prison wants a promotion.

Radley Balko | 1.3.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Who Was the Worst Prosecutor of 2010?

Radley Balko | 1.3.2011 10:02 AM

Policy

Does Sexual Fare Cause Sexual Violence?

The truth about pornography

Steve Chapman | 1.3.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Steven Hayne, Expert for the Defense

Radley Balko | 1.2.2011 6:05 PM

Policy

Abolish Drunk Driving Laws

If lawmakers are serious about saving lives, they should focus on impairment, not alcohol.

Radley Balko | 12.31.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

The Grand Jury Farce

Radley Balko | 12.30.2010 1:44 PM

Policy

Why Brian Aitken Wasn't Pardoned

Radley Balko | 12.29.2010 2:43 PM

Politics

Is Jury Nullification Legal?

Damon Root | 12.28.2010 5:23 PM

Policy

Wisconsin Supreme Court: Sex Offender Registries Needn't Be Limited to Sex Offenders

Radley Balko | 12.27.2010 11:35 AM

Politics

The Death Penalty On the Wane

Is it time to abolish capital punishment?

Steve Chapman | 12.27.2010 7:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Pat Robertson Wants to Decriminalize Pot

Jesse Walker | 12.22.2010 7:41 PM

Policy

Reason Writers Around the Web: Radley Balko on the Siobhan Reynolds Case for Slate

Reason Staff | 12.22.2010 10:01 AM

Policy

Montana Jurors Just Say No to a Penny-Ante Pot Case

Jacob Sullum | 12.21.2010 5:06 PM

Policy

How to Record the Cops

A guide to keeping law enforcement accountable

Radley Balko | 12.21.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Chris Christie Commutes Brian Aitken's Sentence

Radley Balko | 12.20.2010 7:32 PM

Policy

The Latest in Federal Anti-Terror Monitoring: It's Everywhere

Brian Doherty | 12.20.2010 5:01 PM

Policy

Beyond Bars

A new project has conservatives thinking more seriously about crime.

Radley Balko | 12.20.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

Reason Writers on the Tube: Radley Balko Talks About the Death Penalty on the Alyona Show

Reason Staff | 12.20.2010 10:09 AM

Politics

Obama's War on Terror Is Not 'Bush Lite'—It's More Like Bush Light

Jacob Sullum | 12.16.2010 12:02 PM

Politics

Bradley Manning Alone

Jesse Walker | 12.15.2010 11:03 AM

Politics

The SWAT Team Would Like to See Your Alcohol Permit

How police use regulatory inspections to conduct warrantless searches

Radley Balko | 12.13.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

A Roundup of "Nut-Punch" Criminal Justice Stories

Radley Balko | 12.10.2010 12:27 PM

Policy

PJTV on the Brian Aitken Case

Radley Balko | 12.10.2010 11:26 AM

Policy

Another Forfeiture Crime

Brian Doherty | 12.10.2010 1:49 AM

Policy

The War on Cameras

It has never been easier-or more dangerous-to record the police.

Radley Balko | 12.7.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

What Does It Take for Republicans to Recognize the Perils of Excessive Prosecutorial Discretion?

Jacob Sullum | 12.6.2010 4:15 PM

Policy

The Continuing Saga of Steven Hayne

The latest developments in the story of America's most industrious medical examiner

Radley Balko | 12.6.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

Obama Ends His Pardon Drought. Meekly.

Radley Balko | 12.5.2010 6:00 PM

Politics

Wesley Snipes: Acquitted, but Imprisoned for His Bad Attitude

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.3.2010 4:55 PM

Civil Liberties

Motorhome Diaries Crew Recover Deleted Video of Police Encounter

Radley Balko | 12.3.2010 1:42 PM

Policy

Mississippi Supreme Court Grants Cory Maye a New Trial

Radley Balko | 12.2.2010 3:27 PM

Civil Liberties

Update in Northern Virginia: Police Agencies Still Secretive, Newspaper Editor Still Okay With That, Plus a Disturbing Police Visit to the Former Residence of a "Reason Institute" Writer

Radley Balko | 12.2.2010 10:22 AM

Politics

Supreme Court Reviews Order to Free California Prisoners

Jacob Sullum | 11.30.2010 6:16 PM

Politics

Covering Their Assets

After being exposed for violating the state's forfeiture law, Indiana officials scramble to codify their abuses.

Radley Balko | 11.29.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

The Case for Bifurcated Trials

Narrowing the odds of executing the innocent

Radley Balko | 11.23.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

The Cake Is a Lie

A prosecutor pulls a preposterous stunt in a murder case and gets rewarded for it.

Radley Balko | 11.22.2010 1:00 PM

Policy

You Don't Have to Sleep at Home, but You Can't Sleep Here

Jacob Sullum | 11.18.2010 5:23 PM

Policy

Maybe Teenaged Sexters Shouldn't Be Treated Like Child Pornographers

Jacob Sullum | 11.18.2010 2:51 PM

Politics

The Ghosts of Moral Panics Past

Jesse Walker | 11.18.2010 1:23 PM

Policy

Electronic Surveillance: Good and Bad Sides

Brian Doherty | 11.18.2010 9:31 AM

Policy

The Dreaded NYPD Gambit

Brian Doherty | 11.17.2010 4:01 PM

Policy

Chilling Her Softly

The secret silencing of a pain treatment activist

Jacob Sullum | 11.17.2010 7:00 AM