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November 22, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… If governments really want to help former criminals get jobs, they should stop turning so many small-time offenses into crimes.
September 22, 2019 – Jacob G. Hornberger …… The old American way of doing things came to an end with the 9/11 attacks. At that point, the national-security branch of the federal government adopted many of the same powers as the Chinese communist regime, and without any amendment to the Constitution.
September 12, 2019 – Lee Friday …… A truly effective criminal justice system would be built on restitution, not imprisonment and punishment. Moreover, government-funded prisons have no incentive to rehabilitate prisoners since they receive funding regardless of outcomes.
September 3, 2019 – Chris Calton …… While repealing laws and police reforms are important in alleviating mass incarceration, the problem is likely to continue as long as prosecutors are permitted to operate with so few constraints.
August 26, 2019 – Chris Calton …… Qualified immunity is the clearest example that the rule of law is dead (or, perhaps, never existed); government officials live by one set of rules, and the rest of us live by another.
August 22, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… Federal criminal prosecutions ought to be abolished and left to the states. But until that happens, abolishing the federal death penalty is a good place to start.
August 13, 2019 – Lee Friday …… Police officers – and other government agents – are routinely excused for actions for which ordinary civilians are prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned.
June 2, 2019 – Ryan McMaken …… Virtually all laws involve “legislating morality.” When people use this phrase they often really just mean “I want laws to back my version of morality, not yours.”
May 29, 2019 – Brian Miller …… As the police have militarized, their focus has shifted from keeping the peace to enforcing the law — an important difference.
May 21, 2019 – Lee Friday …… As evidenced by their actions, politicians consider tax evasion to be a more heinous crime than the rape or murder of ordinary citizens.