Tag: criminal justice
Civil asset forfeiture: Resist, reform, repeal
March 15, 2017 | Post
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.
42 percent of “terrorism-related” convictions aren’t for terrorism
March 7, 2017 | Post
The administration’s revised travel ban still misses the mark.
The right to hope for jury nullification
March 2, 2017 | Post
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 […]
Why even mass-murdering white supremacists, like Dylann Roof, should not receive the death penalty
February 16, 2017 | Post
If ever there were a strong candidate for the death penalty, it would seem to be Dylann Roof.
Advice from cops: Don’t talk to cops
January 31, 2017 | Post
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.
Why do gangs rule American prisons?
December 16, 2016 | Post
Before 1950, prison gangs didn’t even exist. Now, they control much of inmates’ daily lives —and not just on the inside.