Prisons

Civil Liberties

Faith/Off

Chuck Colson wants captives for Jesus

Kerry Howley | 7.24.2003 12:00 AM

Anarchism

Anarcho-Surrealist Prison Update

Jesse Walker | 4.10.2003 11:08 AM

Policy

Sane Enough to Kill?

Court decision shields juries from evidence of psychosis.

Ronald Bailey | 2.11.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

She Done Him Wrong

Cowboy law, sexism mix in wronged wife's trial.

Cathy Young | 2.4.2003 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Guilt Tip

Ronald Bailey | 2.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Yes Means No

Troubling questions about rape and consent

Cathy Young | 1.21.2003 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Editor's Note: Jury Nullification

Nick Gillespie | 1.1.2003 12:00 AM

Policy

Registration Required

Are sex offenders uniquely dangerous?

Jacob Sullum | 11.8.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Guilt Tip

Prosecutors who believe in justice should be clamoring for DNA testing.

Ronald Bailey | 11.6.2002 12:00 AM

Politics

Balance Sheet

Jeff Taylor | 11.1.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Death to Murderous Snipers

Ronald Bailey | 10.25.2002 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Criminal Offense

Should religious insults put you in jail?

Jacob Sullum | 10.25.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Lethal Injection Gender Gap

Why aren't women clamoring for the right to be killed by the state?

Cathy Young | 10.8.2002 12:00 AM

Politics

Making a Killing in Business

When crime pays, there will be plenty of criminals.

Mike Lynch | 10.1.2002 12:00 AM

Politics

Balance Sheet

Jeff Taylor | 7.1.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

License to Kill

Men and women, crime and punishment.

Cathy Young | 7.1.2002 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Handicapping Justice

Brian Doherty | 6.21.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Double Standard

The bias against male victims of sexual abuse.

Cathy Young | 6.4.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Drugged Trials

Medicated until proven guilty

Brian Doherty | 6.1.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Sick and Wrong

How sex criminals get punished twice.

Jacob Sullum | 1.25.2002 12:00 AM

Policy

Evading Blame

The Yates killings highlight the loose language of mental illness

Brian Doherty | 6.23.2001 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Torture Bearers

Brian Doherty | 12.1.2000 12:00 AM

Politics

Balance Sheet

Jeff Taylor | 8.1.2000 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Doing Time

Mike Lynch | 6.1.2000 12:00 AM

Policy

City Beautification

Mariel Garza | 5.1.2000 12:00 AM

Policy

Strikeout Reform

Mariel Garza | 4.1.2000 12:00 AM

Policy

Forfeiting Sense

Jesse Walker | 2.1.2000 12:00 AM

Policy

The Broken Blue Line

How to start a riot.

Jesse Walker | 2.1.2000 12:00 AM

Policy

Pot Stickers

Indiana tries to punish a marijuana grower twice.

Stephen Hayes | 2.1.2000 12:00 AM

Policy

Source

Reason Staff | 10.1.1999 12:00 AM

Policy

Prison Conversion

After studying nonviolent drug offenders, a criminologist who once said "Let 'Em Rot" now says "Let 'Em Go."

Jacob Sullum | 8.1.1999 12:00 AM

Policy

Video Violence

Mike Lynch | 2.1.1998 12:00 AM

Policy

Prisoners' Dilemma

Private jails are easier to reform.

Nick Gillespie | 11.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Swift Justice for Private Prisons

Nick Gillespie | 9.1.1997 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Jailhouse Education

Mike Lynch | 6.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Pot of Trouble

Grow marijuana for medical use in California, and you can get off. Do it in Oklahoma, and you can get 93 years.

Adam Smith | 5.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Less Crime, More Punishment

A Texas study says crime falls as prisons go up.

Nick Gillespie | 5.1.1996 12:00 AM

Policy

Weights and Half-Measures

The federal government reconsiders marijuana and crack sentences.

Jacob Sullum | 8.1.1995 2:54 PM

Civil Liberties

Solving the Prisoners Dilemma

States use house arrest to open up prison beds.

Ed Carson | 5.1.1995 12:00 PM

Policy

Arrested Development

Juvenile justice reforms need to dig deeper.

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.1994 12:00 AM

Policy

Sex Crime and Punishment

Charles Oliver | 3.1.1993 12:00 AM

Policy

Timothy Leary's New Trip

A REASON interview

Jeff Riggenbach | 4.1.1977 11:38 AM