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Biden Shouldn't Have Commuted the Sentence of a Judge in the 'Kids for Cash' Kickback Scandal 

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Biden Issues More Pardons and Commutations Under Pressure From Criminal Justice Groups

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Biden Faces Mounting Pressure To Clear Federal Death Row and Issue More Commutations After Pardoning His Son

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What Happened to Biden's Ambitious Criminal Justice Reform Plans?

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Pasco County Sheriff Will End Predictive Policing Program to Settle Lawsuit Over Harassment

Police C.J. Ciaramella | 12.4.2024 1:31 PM The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is permanently scuttling a predictive...

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Indiana Cops Seized Their Cash From a FedEx Hub. Prosecutors Just Agreed To Return It.

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Federal Judge Tells New York City To Brace for Takeover of Rikers After Contempt Finding

New York City C.J. Ciaramella | 11.27.2024 2:39 PM A federal judge has ordered New York City to draft plans to hand...

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New York City's Push to Ban Mail at Rikers Was Based on Drug Test Kits With an 85 Percent Error Rate

Criminal Justice C.J. Ciaramella | 11.22.2024 1:58 PM In 2022, former New York City Department of Corrections...

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Justice Department Orders DEA to Halt Airport Searches Because of 'Significant Issues' With Cash Seizures

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The Bureau of Prisons' Casual Cruelty to Families of Those Who Die Behind Bars

Criminal Justice C.J. Ciaramella | 11.19.2024 7:00 AM On June 13, 2019, Mandy Turner received the call every family...

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Justice Department Finds 'Dehumanizing' Filth and Violence at Atlanta Jail Where Man Died Covered in Bugs

Civil Liberties C.J. Ciaramella | 11.15.2024 1:25 PM Two years after a mentally ill man died malnourished and...

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Supreme Court Won't Hear a Qualified Immunity Case Where a Cop Disclosed an Abuse Report to a Woman's Abuser

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Abolish FOIA

Government secrecy C.J. Ciaramella | From the December 2024 issue Over the past decade I've submitted hundreds of...

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Trump Nominates Matt Gaetz as Attorney General

Trump Administration C.J. Ciaramella | 11.13.2024 5:53 PM In a surprise move, President-elect Donald Trump...

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Courts Are Coming for Digital Libraries

Internet C.J. Ciaramella | From the December 2024 issue In September, a federal appeals court dealt a major blow to...

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Want To Lower the Political Temperature? Make the Presidency Less Important

Executive Power C.J. Ciaramella | 11.8.2024 2:45 PM Over the past decade pundits have written much about how to...

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Florida's Marijuana Legalization Initiative Fails To Pass

Marijuana C.J. Ciaramella | 11.5.2024 9:08 PM A Florida ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana failed...

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Judge Throws Out Charges Against Arizona Mom Arrested for Criticizing Officials at a City Council Meeting

First Amendment C.J. Ciaramella | 10.25.2024 12:27 PM A judge on Wednesday threw out a criminal charge against an...

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Iowa Supreme Court is Considering if the State Can Charge Acquitted Defendants for Court-Appointed Attorneys

Sixth Amendment C.J. Ciaramella | 10.25.2024 11:08 AM The Iowa Supreme Court is being asked to consider, again, if...

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The Best of Reason: Big Pot vs. Big Government in Florida

Marijuana C.J. Ciaramella | 10.22.2024 6:05 PM This week's featured article is "Big Pot vs. Big Government in...

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Big Pot vs. Big Government in Florida

Marijuana C.J. Ciaramella | From the November 2024 issue It might seem at odds with Florida's hard-partying...

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Texas Lawmakers Temporarily Save Death Row Inmate Robert Roberson From the Execution Chamber

Forensic science C.J. Ciaramella | 10.18.2024 2:15 PM Last night, Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson narrowly...

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Phoenix Police Pummel a Deaf Man, Months After the Justice Department Found Widespread Civil Rights Violations

Police Abuse C.J. Ciaramella | 10.16.2024 2:00 PM Video footage of Phoenix police officers beating and tasing a...

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Texas Appeals Court Overturns 'Shaken Baby' Conviction Ahead of Execution Date in Another Disputed Case

Criminal Justice C.J. Ciaramella | 10.11.2024 3:05 PM As the state of Texas prepares for the first execution in the...

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The ACLU of South Carolina is Suing To Publish Interviews With a Death Row Inmate

First Amendment C.J. Ciaramella | 10.10.2024 7:00 AM A federal appeals court will soon decide if there is a First...

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Nashville Attorney Sues Federal Judges Over Gag Order Barring Him From Talking About a Notorious Prison

Free Speech C.J. Ciaramella | 10.3.2024 3:25 PM For the past two years, a Nashville attorney hasn't been able to...

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A Florida Judge Blocked a Newspaper from Publishing Video of a Jail Death

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Justice Department Says a Small Mississippi Town Ran a Dickensian Debtor's Prison

Police Abuse C.J. Ciaramella | 9.27.2024 1:17 PM A Justice Department investigation concluded that a small...

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Tyreek Hill's Violent Traffic Stop Shows Wider Police Problems in Miami

Police Abuse C.J. Ciaramella | 9.16.2024 3:23 PM The violent traffic stop of Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek...

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Texas Court Rejects Last Appeal for a Man Set To Be Executed Based on Disputed 'Shaken Baby Syndrome' Evidence

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At the Presidential Debate, Trump Again Falsely Claimed Crime Is Rising

Donald Trump C.J. Ciaramella | 9.10.2024 10:36 PM During Tuesday's presidential debate with Vice President Kamala...

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Federal Judge Rules Inmate Death Records Can Remain Secret Because They Could Embarrass Prison Officials

FOIA C.J. Ciaramella | 9.9.2024 3:15 PM In response to a public records lawsuit filed by the Reason Foundation, the...

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A Federal Prison Was Warned About Synthetic Marijuana. Then Inmates Started Overdosing.

Prisons C.J. Ciaramella | 9.6.2024 2:01 PM In February, a criminal justice advocacy group warned the federal Bureau...

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An Arizona Mom Was Arrested for Criticizing Public Officials at a City Council Meeting. Now She's Suing.

Free Speech C.J. Ciaramella | 9.4.2024 1:44 PM Rebekah Massie says she wanted to teach her 10-year-old daughter a...

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Donald Trump Backs Florida Marijuana Legalization Amendment

Marijuana C.J. Ciaramella | 8.31.2024 2:43 PM In a social media post this morning, Republican presidential nominee...

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Florida Police Officer Arrested and Charged in Fatal Shooting of 23-Year-Old Airman Roger Fortson

Police Abuse C.J. Ciaramella | 8.27.2024 12:59 PM The former Florida Panhandle police officer who shot and killed...

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Criminal Justice Reform Took a Back Seat at the 2024 DNC

Democratic Convention 2024 C.J. Ciaramella | 8.23.2024 3:46 PM Criminal justice reform and police accountability...

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The Democratic Party Platform Still Won't Commit to Legalizing Marijuana

War on Drugs C.J. Ciaramella | 8.20.2024 3:11 PM Democratic delegates approved the party's 2024 platform at the...

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Lawsuit Claims Indiana Unconstitutionally Seizes Millions in Cash From FedEx Packages Every Year

Civil Asset Forfeiture C.J. Ciaramella | 8.12.2024 2:47 PM A new class action lawsuit accuses Indiana law...

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Texas Might Soon Become the First State To Execute Someone Based on Disputed 'Shaken Baby Syndrome' Evidence

Death Penalty C.J. Ciaramella | 8.12.2024 11:58 AM If Texas follows through with its plans to impose the death...

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Rebel Ridge Is an Upcoming Action Movie About Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuse

Civil Asset Forfeiture C.J. Ciaramella | 8.8.2024 12:02 PM The outrageous practice of civil asset...

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Oklahoma Cops Under Investigation for Slamming Innocent Dad to the Ground for 'Suspicious' Walk With Son

Police Abuse C.J. Ciaramella | 8.5.2024 2:23 PM Two police officers in Watonga, Oklahoma, are under state...

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New Bill Would Revive the Right To Sue Federal Cops for Constitutional Violations

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Review: James Retells Huckleberry Finn From Jim's Perspective

Novel C.J. Ciaramella | From the August/September 2024 issue Percival Everett has breathed fierce life into one of...

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Michigan Supreme Court Rules Against Detroit's Asset Forfeiture Racket

Civil Asset Forfeiture C.J. Ciaramella | 7.23.2024 3:00 PM Detroit police can no longer seize cars through civil...

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The Trump Campaign Won't Stop Lying About a Minnesota Man Acquitted of Shooting at Police

Criminal Justice C.J. Ciaramella | 7.22.2024 2:01 PM It wasn't long after Joe Biden announced he wouldn't seek...

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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Mississippi's Jim Crow–Era Felon Voting Ban

Voting Rights C.J. Ciaramella | 7.18.2024 4:10 PM On review, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has...

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Biden Cites the Farcical FBI-Assisted Plot To Kidnap Gretchen Whitmer as an Example of Political Violence

Biden Administration C.J. Ciaramella | 7.15.2024 4:08 PM President Joe Biden's condemnation of political violence...

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9th Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity for Honolulu Cops Who Handcuffed 10-Year-Old Girl

Police Abuse C.J. Ciaramella | 7.9.2024 11:46 AM A federal appeals court ruled that three Honolulu police officers...

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Biden Insists Beyond All Reason That He's the Most Qualified Person To Be President

Election 2024 C.J. Ciaramella | 7.5.2024 9:27 PM President Joe Biden defiantly insisted in an interview tonight...

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