Is NYPD's Police Union Ignoring Trial of Officer Who Killed Unarmed Akai Gurley?
Peter Liang dumped PBA-appointed lawyers, now the union is quiet during trial.
Peter Liang dumped PBA-appointed lawyers, now the union is quiet during trial.
The Texas senator, once a leading Republican advocate of sentencing reform, seems to have abandoned the cause.
The Texas senator, once a leading Republican critic of disproportionate punishment, seems to have switched sides.
A narrower version of a 2014 initiative qualifies for this year's ballot.
Rand Paul gives Black Lives Matter policy agenda a substantive voice on the debate stage
Drinking Mountain Dew and racing fuel is a bad idea. It's also very, very rare.
New bill calls for performers to hand over personal information; cops could revoke venues' performance licenses.
Why is Cruz, a critic of disproportionate penalties, trying to sink the bill with the best chance of passing?
Paul LePage a.k.a. "America's Craziest Governor" is at it again.
Thanks to the First Amendment, NORML ISU members can wear cannabis leaves on their chests and backs.
Need another reason to resent the GOP-run Congress? Try Tom Cotton (and Ted Cruz).
A big day for the rights of minors in the criminal justice system.
It pays for stuff police need. What's not to like?
The actors change, but the story stays the same.
The DOJ's inspector general deemed the arrangement inappropriate.
New website collects use of force polices from 100 major police departments.
Feds reportedly investigating where his guns came from.
But hyping cannabis cash as a source of government revenue is a bad idea.
What does a working man have to do to get a drink in this place?
A federal jury convicts Lance Gloor of something hundreds of uncharged competitors openly did.
Oklahoma and Nebraska say legal marijuana is like state-authorized pollution.
At tonight's Democratic debate, the Vermont senator says if "a police officer breaks the law...that officer must be held accountable."
The defense team files an appeal.
The Kentucky senator says "there's no real reason to have a federal rule on that."
Forsaking federalism, Oklahoma and Nebraska demand that Colorado stop regulating the cannabis industry.
Post-Freddie Gray unrest, state task force offers modest proposals which are summarily rebuffed.
Defense insists Ulbricht's trial denied him a fair defense of his theory of other potential Dread Pirate Roberts', and that his life sentence was unjustified and unconscionable.
The flow of drugs will continue as long as there is a black market.
It depends on which parts of the Libertarian Party's 1980 platform you emphasize.
The Golden State's leading marijuana initiative limits competition, favoring small producers.
The senator talks about his Audit the Fed vote tomorrow, why he belongs on the main debate stage, and how the GOP 'needs to become more diverse, not only ideologically but ethnically as well'
Lance Gloor, whose crimes are the same as those committed by hundreds of uncharged dispensary operators, could get up to 35 years.
The resentencing of Dwight and Steven Hammond illustrates the injustices wrought by mandatory minimums.
Mexican authorities say the actor's interview with the notorious fugitive kept the trail hot.
A viral outrage story from last month wasn't all it claimed, but the truth is still disturbing.
It's not just midlife whites - mortality rates for whites ages 25 to 34 are also increasing
Says "guys by the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty" drive north from New York and Connecticut to sell drugs and knock up local girls.
Despite unsubstantiated claims that police planted evidence on black men, credible accusations of systemic racism and police malfeasance remain.
The Hammond case illustrates how federal law forces judges to impose sentences they consider grossly disproportionate.
What do you think this is, America?
Abuses inspire a proposal to abolish civil forfeiture in Florida.
A federal judge says letting the credit union use the Federal Reserve's payment system "would facilitate criminal activity."
The former two-term governor of New Mexico was the Libertarian Party candidate in 2012.
Contrary to overheated press reports, they were under the influence of nothing but religious fanaticism.
"Courageous conversations" among fellow officers could increase safety and decrease confrontation.