Attorney General Eric Holder directs prosecutors to avoid seeking mandatory minimums for low-level drug offenses with the aim of decreasing prison population levels.
Local law enforcement officials are committing highway robbery against American citizens—literally—through the use and misuse of broad “civil forfeiture” laws.
In "a historic verdict," Manning is found guilty for violating the Espionage Act for disclosing classified docs to WikiLeaks, but acquitted on more serious charge of "aiding the enemy."
The Supreme Court recently denied California’s petition to delay the federal three-judge panel’s order to reduce its prison population by an additional 9,600 prisoners by the end of 2013.
A roundup with the latest news highlighting the corrosive nature of money in New York State politics — and the need for public financing and robust campaign finance reform.
In a speech Monday, Holder directed prosecutors to avoid seeking mandatory minimums for low-level drug offenses with the aim of decreasing prison population levels.
Federal judge Shira A. Scheindlin ruled today that the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program violates the United States Constitution. The judge created a court-appointed monitor to oversee reforms to the practice.
Law enforcement should be everyone’s burden, through taxes, and not just the burden of the poor saps who happen to wander down the wrong road in Texas and become the victims of uniformed pirates.
The Brennan Center for Justice and Justice at Stake filed an amicus brief this week in support of a petition asking the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn a law that changes the selection process for judicial candidates.
