The Devil's Bargain
How plea agreements, never contemplated by the Framers, undermine justice
Criminologist Mark Kleiman on replacing severity with swiftness and certainty
Alternatives to juvenile detention are cheaper and more effective.
Conservatives lead a movement toward "tough and smart" sentencing policies.
The immigration detention system treats suspected illegal aliens like criminals, but with fewer rights.
Why dart-throwing chimps are better than the experts
The libertarian Republican warns of impending disaster, reaches out to the left, and prepares for a presidential campaign.
How California prison guards became the country's most powerful union
What are the costs and benefits of leading the world in locking up human beings?
Does it show a way forward for nuclear power?
In the Keystone State's juvenile justice scandal, money changed everything.
Prosecutorial misconduct
Wealth trends
Ancestral exchange
Checkpoint map crackdown
Black-market death deals
Overreacting to risks
Entitlement or obligation?
Loughner panic continues
Eminent domain abuse
Fake study, real impact
Space waste