The $2 Drug Test Keeping Inmates in Solitary
Reason tried out the field test kits used to test for drugs in prison. They were unreliable and confusing.
Reason tried out the field test kits used to test for drugs in prison. They were unreliable and confusing.
"It makes me feel like the government is preying on the vulnerable and the weak to line their own pockets."
Bloodstain pattern analysis is one of several forensic techniques that has come under scrutiny in recent years for its lack of established error rates.
The question of proportionality assumes that punishment is appropriate for peaceful conduct that violates no one's rights.
California’s problems are indeed daunting, but even troubled San Francisco is still a lovely city.
The case has generated three state supreme court decisions, plus a landmark ruling by the federal Supreme Court.
After eight years, Tyson Timbs finally gets to keep his Land Rover—once and for all.
There will be no justice for Onree Norris.
Arkansas cops love this insane practice they call "precision immobilization technique"—slamming into moving vehicles, sometimes over simple traffic stops.
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Polling shows a sharp partisan divide on the issue, but it also suggests that compromise might be possible.
The move is a direct assault on the First Amendment.
People have only official assurances that the technology isn’t being used to invade their privacy.
The case is a good reminder of the far-reaching effects of the war on drugs.
Discussions of this week's decisions in Cooley and Van Buren, and the Warren Court case of Katzenbach v. Morgan
The penalty for employing 18- to 20-year-olds to work nude, topless, or "in a sexually oriented commercial activity" is now 2 to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors like to use the law against people who clearly weren't engaged in hacking. The Court is trying to rein them in.
Perhaps the ignominious end to Brian Buglio's career will alert thin-skinned cops to the perils of trying to punish people for constitutionally protected speech.
The announcement comes days after an exclusive report from Reason attracted national attention to the case.
The Supreme Court will soon announce if it'll consider an appeal.
A study of civil rights cases found that "police officers are virtually always indemnified" by their employers.
Umbrellas, black clothing, and chanting "all cops are bastards" signal criminal street gang membership, prosecutors said.
In a lawsuit, attorneys for the box's owner allege that federal agents conducted an illegal search that may have resulted in the loss of some valuable gold coins.
The case is an indictment on just how hard it is to get accountability when the government violates your rights.
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The Supreme Court declines to hear arguments in Oliva v. Nivar.
The decision will make it even more difficult for victims to hold the government accountable when their rights are violated.
America's approach to capital punishment changed in the 1970s. It's time for another look.
The state has refused to release the video for the past two years, but the Associated Press got its own copy.
The Supreme Court has a chance to fix this. The stakes are high.