Criminal Justice

Policy

Misbehaving Federal Prosecutors

A USA Today investigation finds egregious misconduct at the Department of Justice, with few consequences.

Radley Balko | 9.27.2010 4:30 PM

Policy

Unarmed Pregnant Woman Shot During Drug Raid

Radley Balko | 9.27.2010 10:22 AM

Politics

FBI Raiding Antiwar Activists in Terror Investigation

Brian Doherty | 9.24.2010 5:49 PM

Civil Liberties

Police Professionalism Roundup

Radley Balko | 9.23.2010 12:33 PM

Politics

Bell, CA Officials Arrested

Tim Cavanaugh | 9.21.2010 3:24 PM

Politics

Undercover Federal Provocateurs Continue to Threaten America!

Brian Doherty | 9.21.2010 2:09 PM

Policy

Guns and Crime, Going in Different Directions

Brian Doherty | 9.21.2010 2:03 PM

Policy

Caffeine-Crazed Killer

Jacob Sullum | 9.20.2010 12:10 PM

Politics

How to Record the Cops

A guide to the technology for keeping government accountable

Radley Balko | 9.20.2010 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Shaquille O'Neal, Lawman

Radley Balko | 9.17.2010 4:37 PM

Politics

Tools for Radicals

The leftist localism of Saul Alinsky

Jesse Walker | 9.17.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

Wait—There Are Other Sites Selling Sex?

Jacob Sullum | 9.16.2010 6:28 PM

Policy

Drug Arrests Down, Pot Arrests Up

Jacob Sullum | 9.16.2010 5:15 PM

Policy

Federal Judge Rules That a Former Mississippi Prosecutor, Now a Judge, Lied in Court

Radley Balko | 9.14.2010 2:55 PM

Civil Liberties

Cops and Cameras

Radley Balko | 9.14.2010 1:22 PM

Policy

The Case for Bifurcated Trials

How we can narrow the odds of seeing another Cameron Todd Willingham.

Radley Balko | 9.13.2010 4:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Paradox of the Day

Jesse Walker | 9.13.2010 3:54 PM

Policy

You Know it's You, Babe

Matt Welch | 9.13.2010 3:29 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop vs. Dog

Radley Balko | 9.13.2010 11:11 AM

Politics

When Criminal Defendants Face Conservative Judges

Damon Root | 9.10.2010 3:29 PM

Policy

North Carolina Sheriffs Want To Know Who Is Taking Painkillers

Radley Balko | 9.9.2010 4:46 PM

Policy

Bullying Busybody for Senate

How Connecticut's attorney general beat Craigslist into submission

Jacob Sullum | 9.8.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Killed on a Technicality

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood wants to execute a man based on discredited forensic testimony from a disgraced dentist.

Radley Balko | 9.7.2010 4:30 PM

Policy

Noise Complaint Leads to Police Shooting, Killing 17-Year-Old

Radley Balko | 9.3.2010 3:41 PM

Policy

And That's the Problem, Lt. Healy

Radley Balko | 9.2.2010 4:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Concern About Police Secrecy = "Tilting at Windmills"?

Radley Balko | 9.1.2010 2:14 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Nanny of the Month for August 2010 - Police Chief Busts Guy Who Keeps Drunks Off the Street

Reason Staff | 8.31.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

Needs More RAM

Another drug raid gone bad

Radley Balko | 8.31.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

Cop Congratulates Self on Restraint, Tries to Arrest KFC Employee

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 8.30.2010 6:11 PM

Politics

Trust Me: You Can Trust Us

Northern Virginia's police departments are determined to keep the public from knowing what they're doing.

Radley Balko | 8.30.2010 4:30 PM

Policy

Tony Washington and the Scarlet I

Jacob Sullum | 8.30.2010 3:30 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Arson, Corruption, Heat Gun, Murkowski's Run

Jesse Walker | 8.30.2010 7:13 AM

Civil Liberties

In Which Observing a Traffic Stop = Resisting Arrest

Radley Balko | 8.27.2010 4:30 PM

Politics

California Roundup: Trojan Victory; Grand Delusion; Hollywood Cannibals, and More

Tim Cavanaugh | 8.27.2010 3:14 PM

Policy

The Vegas Solution to Fatal Drug Raids: SWAT Teams

Jacob Sullum | 8.27.2010 1:02 PM

Civil Liberties

"Professional Courtesy" May Help Indy Cop Escape Hard Time

Radley Balko | 8.27.2010 12:22 PM

Policy

ICE: Protecting Americans From Pot-Smoking Foreigners

Jacob Sullum | 8.27.2010 12:03 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Filling Up Prisons Without Fighting Crime-Mark Kleiman on America's Criminal Justice System

Reason Staff | 8.26.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

Cops As Robbers

Radley Balko | 8.26.2010 1:35 PM

Politics

Do Police Need a Warrant for GPS Tracking?

Jacob Sullum | 8.25.2010 11:56 AM

Politics

Guilt by Complication

The Blagojevich blowout shows a long indictment may signal weakness.

Jacob Sullum | 8.25.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

North Carolina's Corrupted Crime Lab

A damning state report finds systematic abuse, including in death penalty cases.

Radley Balko | 8.23.2010 4:30 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: WikiLeaks, Wyclef, Walt Disney World

Jesse Walker | 8.23.2010 7:28 AM

Policy

Watch Matt Welch Talk Blago & Roger Clemens Tonight on Geraldo at Large

Reason Staff | 8.22.2010 8:59 PM

Civil Liberties

"Guys in Jail Are Going To Rape You" Update: NYPD Says Guy Who Threatened Cameraman Doesn't Work for Them

Radley Balko | 8.22.2010 10:21 AM

Politics

She Could Have Given Someone a Nasty Paper Cut With Those Checks

Jacob Sullum | 8.20.2010 3:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Illinois ACLU Files Challenge to State Wiretapping Law

Radley Balko | 8.20.2010 2:49 PM