Criminal Justice

Policy

4.5 SWAT Raids Per Day

Maryland's SWAT transparency bill produces its first disturbing results

Radley Balko | 3.1.2010 4:30 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Drops Uighur Detainee Case

Jacob Sullum | 3.1.2010 11:47 AM

Policy

SWAT Team Endangers Child, Parents Charged With Child Endangerment

Radley Balko | 2.27.2010 5:16 PM

Civil Liberties

Anthony Smelley Will Get His Money Back

Radley Balko | 2.26.2010 12:44 PM

Policy

Reason Morning Links: Killer Cops, Incompetent Teachers, Joe Biden, and Other Public Servants

Jesse Walker | 2.26.2010 8:46 AM

Civil Liberties

MagicJack Gets Smacked! Dials Wrong Number in BoingBoing Suit

Nick Gillespie | 2.25.2010 11:48 AM

Policy

Satanic Panic and the West Memphis Three

Damon Root | 2.25.2010 10:19 AM

Policy

Weaponizing Mozart

How Britain is using classical music as a form of social control

Brendan O'Neill | 2.24.2010 4:30 PM

Policy

Houston's Illegal Immigrants Get One More Reason Not to Talk to Cops

Ben Sanders | 2.23.2010 5:02 PM

Civil Liberties

Fine Teaching Gig You Got Here. Be a Shame If Anything Were To Happen to You.

Radley Balko | 2.23.2010 3:43 PM

Politics

Judge Alex Kozinski: The Fourth Amendment is Gone. "Welcome to the fish bowl."

Damon Root | 2.23.2010 3:29 PM

Policy

Colorado D.A. Invokes Novel 'Prostitots' Legal Theory to Explain Away Unfavorable DNA Test Results

Radley Balko | 2.23.2010 3:12 PM

Politics

Clemency Under Fire

A parolee turned cop killer sparks an ill-informed debate about pardons and commutations.

Radley Balko | 2.23.2010 12:00 PM

Politics

L.A. Medical Marijuana Salesman Who Was Raided Federally Gets Hit With State Charges

Brian Doherty | 2.23.2010 10:08 AM

Politics

Guns: Not Just for the Home Anymore

Brian Doherty | 2.22.2010 5:31 PM

Policy

Is Texas About To Execute Another Innocent Man?

State officials would rather kill a prisoner than give him a DNA test.

Radley Balko | 2.22.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

Man Got Eight Years for Deaths From Accelerating Toyota

Radley Balko | 2.22.2010 1:50 PM

Policy

Immigration and Crime

There's nothing to fear from illegal immigrants

Steve Chapman | 2.22.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: A New Dawn

Jesse Walker | 2.19.2010 8:25 AM

Policy

This Week in Innocence

Radley Balko | 2.18.2010 3:06 PM

Policy

State Tries to Steal Child Support Money From a National Guardsman Who Was Seven Years Old at the Time the Child in Question Was Born? How "Odd"!

Matt Welch | 2.18.2010 10:27 AM

Policy

Flashbangs Under Fire

It's time to stop using stun grenades during drug raids.

Radley Balko | 2.17.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

Taxpayers Underwrite Prosecutors' Negligence; Negligent Prosecutors Get Promoted

Radley Balko | 2.17.2010 2:27 PM

Civil Liberties

Reason.tv: Taco Truck Takedown! Why is the LAPD Harassing Food Carts?

Reason Staff | 2.17.2010 8:52 AM

Politics

Was That Colorado Pot Grower Complying With State Law? Does It Matter?

Jacob Sullum | 2.16.2010 7:39 PM

Policy

We Won't Raid Medical Marijuana Producers . . . So Long as They Aren't Successful at It. And They Don't Talk About It.

Radley Balko | 2.15.2010 8:11 AM

Civil Liberties

Not Safe for Prison

Jesse Walker | 2.12.2010 5:48 PM

Politics

Obama's Pardon Drought Continues

Radley Balko | 2.11.2010 1:17 PM

Policy

Santa Clara DA Boycotts Judge Who Ruled Against Her

Radley Balko | 2.9.2010 4:07 PM

Policy

How Many More Are Innocent?

America's 250th DNA exoneration raises questions about how often we send the wrong person to prison.

Radley Balko | 2.8.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

Law Enforcement and DWI Roundup

Radley Balko | 2.8.2010 2:16 PM

Civil Liberties

Reason Writers Around Town: Radley Balko on Civil Asset Forfeiture Laws for Slate

Reason Staff | 2.5.2010 1:18 PM

Policy

How Does the D.C. Establishment Compensate You for Smashing Your Leg with a Diplomatic SUV? By Giving You a Jaywalking Ticket for a Faraway Intersection, Then Accusing You of "Jogging" Into the Vehicle

Matt Welch | 2.4.2010 9:47 PM

Policy

The 250th DNA Exoneration

Radley Balko | 2.4.2010 2:04 PM

Policy

The Other War That Isn't Covered by Obama's Spending Freeze

Jacob Sullum | 2.4.2010 1:10 PM

Policy

Trial by Ordeal

The surprising accuracy of the Dark Ages' trial by fire rituals

Radley Balko | 2.1.2010 4:30 PM

Policy

Bad Hoboken Cop Punished With $132,000/Year Vacation

Radley Balko | 1.31.2010 11:13 AM

Policy

Sure, He Lies, but He's 'an Outstanding Testifier'

Jacob Sullum | 1.29.2010 1:04 PM

Policy

Ruining Kids To Save Them, Ct'd…

Radley Balko | 1.29.2010 1:04 PM

Policy

'The Babies Were Going to Die the Next Day'

Jacob Sullum | 1.29.2010 12:23 PM

Politics

Watchdogs and Watches

Russian journalists publish a subtle exposé.

Radley Balko | 1.29.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

D.C. Police Raid Wrong Home, City Refuses to Pay for Damage

Radley Balko | 1.26.2010 3:25 PM

Civil Liberties

The Forfeiture Racket

Police and prosecutors won't give up their license to steal.

Radley Balko | 1.26.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Recovered Radio History

Jesse Walker | 1.25.2010 4:38 PM

Policy

Ruining Kids in Order to Save Them

The boneheaded logic behind treating "sexting" teens as child pornographers.

Radley Balko | 1.25.2010 4:30 PM

Policy

The Guy Was Guilty; the Cops Were Lying

Radley Balko | 1.25.2010 8:27 AM

Politics

Happy Guantanamo Closing Day!

Jacob Sullum | 1.22.2010 5:52 PM

Policy

New Orleans Cops, Prosecutors Tagging Prostitutes as Sex Offenders

Radley Balko | 1.21.2010 10:43 AM