Criminal Justice

Politics

The NoVa Police Blackout

Law enforcement agencies in Northern Virginia say you have no right to know what they're doing

Radley Balko | 4.5.2010 5:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Cop Brings Gun, Pink Marshmallow Fluff to a Snowball Fight

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.2.2010 1:24 PM

Civil Liberties

He Wants To Be Starting Something

Radley Balko | 4.2.2010 1:17 PM

Policy

This Week in Innocence

Radley Balko | 4.2.2010 8:55 AM

Policy

M.S. Patient Gets Five Years for Medicinal Marijuana

Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2010 2:07 PM

Policy

Survive an Earthquake or Plead to a Misdemeanor, Go to Jail Indefinitely

Matt Welch | 4.1.2010 11:18 AM

Civil Liberties

Big Brother on Your Trail

Who's tracking your cell phone?

Steve Chapman | 4.1.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

The Disappearing Blood Stain

How New Orleans prosecutors nearly killed a man by withholding evidence

Jacob Sullum | 3.31.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

The Persecution of Nada Prouty

Radley Balko | 3.30.2010 1:51 PM

Civil Liberties

The Institute for Justice Takes on Asset Forfeiture

Radley Balko | 3.30.2010 9:32 AM

Policy

Progress and Challenges in Mississippi

Disgraced medical examiner Steven Hayne's career appears to be over, but the state has much more work to do.

Radley Balko | 3.29.2010 3:00 PM

Policy

On Flexing Your Rights. Or At Least Humbly Attempting To Hold on to Them.

Radley Balko | 3.29.2010 12:36 PM

Policy

Why Don't More Cops Go to the Videotape?

It's time to equip police cars with video cameras.

Steve Chapman | 3.25.2010 7:00 AM

Politics

San Francisco's War on Fun

Brian Doherty | 3.24.2010 7:47 PM

Politics

Supreme Court Will Hear Another Prosecutorial Misconduct Case (and May Even Get to Rule This Time)

Jacob Sullum | 3.23.2010 5:32 PM

Policy

Hank Skinner Scheduled for Execution Tomorrow

Radley Balko | 3.23.2010 3:22 PM

War on Drugs

Another Senseless Drug War Death

Stunning developments in the 2009 police shooting of Georgia pastor Jonathan Ayers

Radley Balko | 3.23.2010 7:00 AM

Policy

Blunting the Blunt Menace

Jacob Sullum | 3.19.2010 3:29 PM

Politics

George Skumanick's Provocative Pose

Jacob Sullum | 3.19.2010 1:04 PM

Civil Liberties

Nothing Worse Than Having Your Name on an "Invade My House Constantly" List

Matt Welch | 3.19.2010 10:22 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: Mandatory ID Cards, Mandatory Publication Delays, Mandatory Condoms

Jesse Walker | 3.19.2010 8:07 AM

Policy

Senate Approves Bill to Shrink the Crack Gap

Jacob Sullum | 3.18.2010 2:56 PM

Policy

And LSD Accounts for 93 Percent of Falling Deaths

Jacob Sullum | 3.16.2010 5:05 PM

Politics

Reason Nominated for Seven "Maggie" Awards

Matt Welch | 3.16.2010 4:20 PM

Policy

Feds' Online Snooping Reveals Evidence of Crimes, Possibly Including Their Own

Jacob Sullum | 3.16.2010 4:01 PM

Policy

Pre-Crime Policing

Allegedly "disgruntled" man has his guns seized, and "voluntarily" surrenders to two SWAT teams and dozens of police officers for a crime that hadn't been committed

Radley Balko | 3.16.2010 12:00 PM

Policy

Marijuana Decriminalization Advances

Jacob Sullum | 3.12.2010 5:32 PM

Policy

Good News From Mississippi

Radley Balko | 3.11.2010 10:50 AM

Policy

USA Today Notes 'Growing Popular Acceptance' of Pot

Jacob Sullum | 3.9.2010 4:56 PM

Policy

The Other Broken Windows Fallacy

The NYPD is accused of under-reporting serious crimes while manufacturing petty ones.

Radley Balko | 3.8.2010 4:30 PM

Policy

Better Than Releasing People Who Don't Belong in Prison: Not Putting Them There to Begin With

Jacob Sullum | 3.8.2010 3:19 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Judge Jim Gray on The Six Groups That Benefit From Drug Prohibition

Reason Staff | 3.8.2010 1:23 PM

Politics

Put That Thing Away!

Jacob Sullum | 3.8.2010 11:32 AM

Politics

Put Up a Sign, Go to Jail (With Million Dollar Bail)

Brian Doherty | 3.5.2010 4:03 PM

Politics

Operation Revelation

Jesse Walker | 3.5.2010 2:09 PM

War on Drugs

Another Isolated Incident

Radley Balko | 3.5.2010 12:02 PM

Civil Liberties

In Defense of Willie Nelson

Damon Root | 3.5.2010 9:25 AM

War on Drugs

Ex-Cop Chides Raided Mayor for Criticizing the SWAT Team That Nearly Killed Him

Radley Balko | 3.4.2010 8:20 AM

Policy

Decriminalize, Double Seizures, Whatever

Jacob Sullum | 3.3.2010 11:29 AM

Policy

What This Crime Problem Needs Is Another List

Radley Balko | 3.2.2010 5:47 PM

War on Drugs

"I'm like, I don't want them coming through my door with guns drawn, because I love my dog."

Radley Balko | 3.2.2010 9:08 AM

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