Civil asset forfeiture: Resist, reform, repeal
Whether you’re on the right or the left, if you care about civil rights, property rights, or liberty, abolishing civil asset forfeiture should be high on your agenda.
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42 percent of “terrorism-related” convictions aren’t for terrorism
The administration’s revised travel ban still misses the mark.
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The right to hope for jury nullification
Jae Lee came to the United States legally as a child but never became a citizen. In 2009, he pled guilty to a drug crime after his lawyer assured him that he could not be deported as a result. The lawyer was wrong, because the conviction made Lee subject to mandatory removal. When Lee learned […]
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Why even mass-murdering white supremacists, like Dylann Roof, should not receive the death penalty
If ever there were a strong candidate for the death penalty, it would seem to be Dylann Roof.
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Advice from cops: Don’t talk to cops
All over this country, prison cells are filled with innocent people falsely convicted for crimes they did not commit, and many of them will spend the rest of their lives regretting the day they agreed to talk to the police.
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Why do gangs rule American prisons?
Before 1950, prison gangs didn’t even exist. Now, they control much of inmates’ daily lives —and not just on the inside.
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If you support legalizing weed, you should also support legalizing crack
The logic for legalizing marijuana holds true for legalizing “hard drugs” as well.
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Every 25 seconds: Human Rights Watch and the ACLU document more harms from drug prohibition
A new report from the ACLU and Human Rights Watch details many of the harms associated with the criminalization of drug possession. The most striking finding from the report is that police in the United States arrest more people for marijuana offenses than for all violent crimes combined. The title of the report, “Every 25 […]
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Which is worse?
Consider each of the following scenarios:
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Advocates of limited government should oppose the death penalty
Most arguments in favor of the death penalty fold under their own weight.
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Improving Grand Juries
The ballooning prison population in the U.S. implies that there’s a certain ease of obtaining an indictment from grand juries. Here are some modest proposals to reform grand juries to make obtaining indictments more difficult.
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Grand Jury Nullification
Just as the police and the District Attorney use discretion in determining to arrest or seek an indictment against someone, jurors too can use discretion in determining whether to hand down an indictment.
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