As the Dismissed Charges Against Paul Manafort Show, New York Democrats Love Double Jeopardy When It Hurts Trump's Cronies
Recent revisions to state law will facilitate such duplicative prosecutions of people associated with the president.
Recent revisions to state law will facilitate such duplicative prosecutions of people associated with the president.
Plus: how Paul Manafort may be involved, the Crowdstrike conspiracy theory, and more...
Paul Manafort isn’t deserving of torture. Neither was Kalief Browder.
The bill allows dual prosecutions of people in the president's orbit who receive pardons or commutations.
Double jeopardy or a way of circumventing a potential Trump pardon? Or both?
The former Trump campaign chairman faces four years in prison, and possibly 10 more, for lying to lenders and the U.S. government.
The problem isn't that a judge went easy on a rich defendant. It's that mandatory minimums make it impossible to do the same in many other cases.
Plus: outrage over water bottles, and Cory Booker introduces the "next step" on criminal justice reform
Meanwhile, meet a psychologically scarred man who disfigured himself while serving 22 years in solitary in Illinois.
Manafort, meanwhile, tried to conceal that he was still talking to Trump administration officials after he was indicted.
But WikiLeaks and Manafort have pushed back on the report.
Plus: What the heck is happening in Ukraine? And please give Reason your money.
What does he know? And more importantly, who is the information about?
Donald Trump will serve the remainder of his presidency under the specter of prison.
Liberal critics want the Senate to hit the pause button. Will it?
It's no surprise that the president's has shady associates. It's still damning.
Do you care about free minds and free markets? Sign up to get the biggest stories from Reason in your inbox every afternoon.
This modal will close in 10