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Grand Jury

National Guard member in Washington, D.C. | Polaris/Newscom

Criminal Justice

Looks Like We Found a Ham Sandwich a Grand Jury Won't Indict

A federal grand jury reportedly refused to indict Sean Dunn for hurling a hoagie at a federal law enforcement officer.

C.J. Ciaramella | 8.27.2025 11:15 AM

A child's hand reaching into a cookie jar and pulling out a brownie. | Irina Berenshteyn | Dreamstime.com

Police

Brickbat: Start Over From Scratch

Charles Oliver | 3.3.2025 4:00 AM

Judge | Illustration: Lex Villena; Wisconsinart

Criminal Justice

This Judge Tried To Get Out of Jury Duty by Saying Everyone Appearing Before Him Is Guilty

"I know they are guilty," otherwise "they would not be in front of me," said town justice Richard Snyder, who resigned in December.

Emma Camp | 2.7.2025 2:09 PM

locked up newspapers | Yavuz Sariyildiz | Dreamstime.com

Coronavirus

Brickbat: Can You Keep a Secret?

Charles Oliver | 11.8.2023 4:00 AM

Former President Donald Trump, shrugging, at the June 2023 Faith and Freedom Coalition conference. | Brian Cahn/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Donald Trump

Georgia Supreme Court Declines Donald Trump's Request To 'Quash' Grand Jury Report

The court ruled unanimously that the former president was trying to circumvent normal legal channels.

Joe Lancaster | 7.18.2023 4:01 PM

Grand Jury

Netflix Gets Discovery of Grand Jury Materials in Challenge to Prosecution Over Cuties

"Netflix alleges that Tyler County’s District Attorney, Lucas Babin, is 'abusing his office' through a 'singular and bad-faith effort' to maliciously prosecute Netflix in violation of the United States Constitution and in retaliation against Netflix for exercising its First Amendment rights."

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 5.9.2022 6:40 PM

Starr-County-DA-Ramirez | 229th District Attorney's Office

Abortion

Texas Prosecutors Blatantly Ignored the Law When They Charged a Woman With Murder 'by a Self-Induced Abortion'

As Starr County District Attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez belatedly conceded, that charge is explicitly prohibited by the Texas Penal Code.

Jacob Sullum | 4.11.2022 1:00 PM

punched_1161x653 | Eugenesergeev / Dreamstime.com

Brickbats

Brickbat: Let's Go to the Tape

Charles Oliver | 6.4.2021 4:00 AM

Free Speech

Judge Allows Breonna Taylor Grand Juror to Speak (Notwithstanding Usual Grand Jury Secrecy)

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.20.2020 8:32 PM

sipaphotoseleven074310 | Stephen Zenner / SOPA Images/Sip/Newscom

Reason Roundup

Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Sues for Right To Reveal What Really Happened in Court

Plus: Presidential candidates take the stage tonight, the most-banned books of the last decade, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.29.2020 9:39 AM

manning_1161x653 | MIKE THEILER/UPI/Newscom

Chelsea Manning

Chelsea Manning Freed Again, but Her Refusal to Testify Comes With a $256,000 Price Tag

She was imprisoned for a year as she resisted a grand jury's investigation of WikiLeaks.

Scott Shackford | 3.13.2020 11:35 AM

Large image on homepages | Nick Bair / photo on flickr

Brickbats

Brickbat: What You Don't Know

Charles Oliver | 5.20.2016 4:00 AM

Sandra Bland

When the Law Lies

Sandra Bland death

Jacob Sullum | 4.1.2016 12:00 PM

Large image on homepages | WXIA

Police Abuse

Georgia Cop Who Killed Unarmed, Naked Vet Indicted for Murder by Grand Jury

Will face trial on six charges.

Scott Shackford | 1.21.2016 9:25 PM

Large image on homepages | Tamir Rice

Police

[*Update: Vote on Justification of Shooting Was Held] Tamir Rice's Grand Jury Never Actually Voted on Charges

No record of a vote exists.

Robby Soave | 1.20.2016 5:18 PM

Large image on homepages | Instagram/letsgomathias

Politics

Did the NYPD "Execute" a Mentally Ill Man in His Home?

New evidence contradicts officers' claims that they shot Mohamed Bah because he stabbed one of them.

Anthony Fisher | 11.4.2015 1:31 PM

Large image on homepages | bloomsberries / photo on flickr

Grand Jury

No More Secret Grand Juries in California for Police Abuse Cases

Prosecutors will have to make the call themselves and take responsibility.

Scott Shackford | 8.12.2015 11:00 AM

Large image on homepages

Politics

Instapundit: Say Yes to Jury Nullification - and Screw You to Prosecutorial Abuse

How "the people" work around bad prosecutors.

Nick Gillespie | 8.10.2015 11:48 AM

Large image on homepages | © Martinfredy | Dreamstime.com

Police

Meet the Man Helping Police Officers Get Away with Shootings

A psychology professor testifies that there's pretty much always a good reason.

Scott Shackford | 8.3.2015 1:55 PM

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Civil Liberties

How the Feds' Subpoena of Reason and Gag Order Went Public

Popehat.com's Ken White on how he broke the subpoena story and what government overreach means for open expression online.

Paul Detrick | 7.7.2015 1:06 PM

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