My co-authored amicus brief urges the Supreme Court to review the issue of whether Arizona can deny bail to accused sex offenders where "proof" of sexual assault "is evident or the presumption great."
It just makes sense to let jurors know about their already established power to exercise discretion over bad laws and ill-considered prosecutions.
Victims worried their cases were not being handled correctly. An investigation proved them correct.
You'll never know for sure what's in someone else's heart. But forgiveness can be as much about what we owe ourselves as what someone else deserves.
The bill was passed unanimously by the state Senate, but has remained in the House since February 2017.
From the alt-right to Twitter deactivation, bands drinking booze to presidents crowing for cronyism, we'll hash it out on Sirius XM Insight channel 121 today from 9-12 ET
Representatives of the oldest profession were on Capitol Hill fighting FOSTA and SESTA, with our online freedoms hanging in the balance.
After national reporting standards were implemented, substantiated sexual assault claims rose by 63 percent.
The House Criminal Justice Committee just voted unanimously in favor of a bill to ban sexting by anyone under age 19.
The court relies on a debunked recidivism estimate to justify tagging and surveillance of sex offenders.
New amendments to rules default to placing prisoners on the basis of their "biological sex."
An interesting question, which some other courts have answered otherwise.
New York's highest court says accusations can be considered for registration purposes even when the defendant was acquitted.
The federal charges against Mack highlight how human trafficking hysteria harms vulnerable women.
The White Slavery Panic of the late 19th/early 20th centuries caused Congress to pass the vaguely-worded Mann Act. It allowed the FBI and prosecutors broad discretion to go after individuals they didn't like.
The Illinois Supreme Court unanimously upholds a law banning sex offenders from public parks.
Indictment reveals money-laundering, conspiracy charges, and a tricky federal law known as the Travel Act.
Journalist Cathy Young faces off against sociologist Michael Kimmel-with opening standup from comedian Dave Smith.
The ruling allows a civil suit against Backpage to proceed for one of the case's three plaintiffs.
On Monday, March 19 in New York, Cathy Young and Michael Kimmel will debate whether campuses are unsafe for women. Buy tickets today or watch live!
Watch sociologist Emily Horowitz debate legal scholar Marci Hamilton at the Soho Forum.
Watch Sociologist Emily Horowitz vs. Marci Hamilton of CHILD USA at the Soho Forum.
A social worker took three little girls from their home without a court order because she thought the pictures were "sexually explicit."
Although his conviction was invalid, the appeals court says, his civil commitment as a "sexually dangerous person" remains legal.
Atwood: "In times of extremes, extremists win. Their ideology becomes a religion."
Chief Michael Diebald was allegedly undeterred when the "girl" said she was in eighth grade-"everyone has to have a first time," he told her.
Locking people up in perpetuity "may satisfy our sense of moral outrage, but it does not make good policy," opponents warn.
A hazy memory, self-contradiction, and dubious debunking efforts helped seal the GOP Senate candidate's fate.
The city council is considering a mammoth package of new rules that threaten Tampa bathhouses and those who visit them.
A detective who was later charged with molesting children performed the humiliating search while investigating consensual sexting.
Trump's endorsement and the RNC's renewed support coincide with a crescendo of self-contradiction.
The two NYPD officers admitted they had sex with the young woman in their custody but claim it was consensual.
The president says he may campaign for the Republican Senate candidate, notwithstanding credible allegations of sexual assault.
The Republican Senate candidate tries to discredit an accuser he said he didn't know by noting that he presided over her divorce case.
Listen to SiriusXM Insight (channel 121) from 9-12 AM ET as Matt Welch interviews Massie, Dalmia, Kevin Williamson, Bethany Mandel, and LSD enthusiast Daniel Miller
If the he is lying about courthouse chats and restaurant meals, he is probably lying about his alleged crimes too.
Matt Welch interviews Eli Lake, Kat Timpf, and John Nichols on SiriusXM Insight at 2 pm ET
That is farther than some of his defenders are willing to go.
