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May 15, 2008 - Obama, Medical Marijuana and the RNC
May 09, 2008 - What Would Happen If Pot Were Legal for Adults?
May 07, 2008 - A Drug War Outrage
May 02, 2008 - Medical Marijuana Patient Dies After Being Refused Liver Transplant
May 01, 2008 - Understanding the Second Chance Act
April 28, 2008 - Supreme Court Grants Cert, Vacates Sentencing Opinion
April 27, 2008 - Smart on Crime
April 25, 2008 - 3,000 Crack Cocaine Sentences Reduced To Date
April 14, 2008 - The Latest in Shaming Punishments
March 18, 2008 - NORML to Challenge Mass. Pot Law
March 18, 2008 - Time to Talk About Marijuana
March 16, 2008 - Prostitution: Never A Victimless Crime?
March 15, 2008 - Drugs + Pregnancy = Prison in Alabama
March 07, 2008 - Should Cocaine Be Available at Your Corner Drug Store?
March 05, 2008 - Crack Cocaine Sentence Cuts Now Underway
March 03, 2008 - Federal Judge Confirmed as #2 at Justice Dept.
March 02, 2008 - Bush Moves to Deport Legal Resident Acquitted in Terror Case
February 26, 2008 - Immigration and Crime: Myth v. Reality
February 25, 2008 - Ashcroft to Testify About No-Bid Contract
February 25, 2008 - Mandatory Minimum Rally In Advance of Hearing Tomorrow
February 23, 2008 - Federal Drug War Funding Takes a Hit
February 18, 2008 - Should Library Users Be Required to Show ID?
February 15, 2008 - Doctors' Group Calls on Feds to End Ban on Medical Pot
February 12, 2008 - The Sentencing of Sergeant Patrick Lett
February 12, 2008 - Idaho Considers Bill to Lessen Mandatory Minimums
February 07, 2008 - Mukasey Asks Congress to Block Release for Non-First Time Crack Offenders
January 30, 2008 - Calif. Tries Medical Pot Vending Machines
January 29, 2008 - U.S. Bail Bond Policy Criticized
January 14, 2008 - Welcome News From the Bush Administration On Deportation of Offenders
January 05, 2008 - Congress Passes Funding for 200 More DEA Agents
December 26, 2007 - New Policy Paper on Jailhouse Snitch Testimony
December 17, 2007 - Crack Cocaine Guideline Reductions and Mandatory Minimums
December 15, 2007 - DOJ Cracks Down on Kiddie Pictures
December 12, 2007 - The Crack-Powder Cocaine Disparity: A Chronology
December 12, 2007 - How Will the Courts Resentence Crack Cocaine Offenders?
December 11, 2007 - Bush Issues 29 Pardons, None for Scooter Libby
December 11, 2007 - Sentencing Commission Makes Crack Penalty Reductions Retroactive
December 10, 2007 - Smile, You're On D.U.I. TV
December 05, 2007 - Report on Racial Disparity in Imprisonment of Drug Offenders
December 04, 2007 - Spotlight on Felony Murder
December 03, 2007 - Police Return Dead Pot Plants
December 02, 2007 - Fatal High Speed Chase Didn't Violate Flawed Policy
December 02, 2007 - How America Lost the Drug War
November 30, 2007 - A Slap on the Corporate Wrist
November 28, 2007 - Judge Tells Cops: Return the Pot Plants to the Defendants
November 26, 2007 - Taser Developing Product to Stun Multiple Suspects for Crowd Control
November 25, 2007 - The Failure of the War on Drugs
November 21, 2007 - New Crime Reports Call for Prison Reform, Shorter Sentences
November 17, 2007 - Taser Death Sparks Uproar in Canada
November 14, 2007 - Defending States' Rights
November 13, 2007 - Sentencing Commission Hearing Today on Retroactivity of Crack Guidelines
November 11, 2007 - Crimes on the Reservation
November 11, 2007 - Calif. Vet Needs Help Avoiding Mandatory Minimum
November 03, 2007 - Judicial Conference Urges Crack Cocaine Sentencing Guideline Cuts Be Retroactive
October 31, 2007 - Judge Stands Up to Federal Prosecutors
October 31, 2007 - Confusing Laws Lead to Wrongful British Conviction
October 18, 2007 - Cops On Steroids
October 17, 2007 - Imagine Spending Your Whole Adult Life in Prison
October 15, 2007 - Sentencing Commission to Hold Hearing on Retroactivity of Crack Guideline Amendment
October 15, 2007 - Sentencing Guideline Changes Coming for Terminally Ill and Others
October 15, 2007 - Bush' Drug War Draft
October 12, 2007 - Report: 2,000 Died During Arrests Between 2003 and 2005
October 12, 2007 - Arnie Rounds Up Sex Offenders, Despite Court Challenge
October 05, 2007 - Cheers and Jeers for S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom
September 24, 2007 - Marijuana Arrests at All-Time High
September 24, 2007 - Overall Crime Rate Lowest in 30 Years
September 24, 2007 - DEA Announces International Steroid Ring Busted
September 18, 2007 - Student Tasered and Arrested at Kerry Event
September 13, 2007 - Rethinking Sex Offender Registration and Residency Legislation
September 13, 2007 - Proposal to Limit Access to Plea Agreements on PACER
September 11, 2007 - Calif. Vet Looking at Big Mandatory Minimum Sentence
September 10, 2007 - Late Night: Sister Morphine
September 07, 2007 - Tenn. Rules "Crack Tax" Unconstitutional
September 04, 2007 - NY Times Opposes Three-Strikes Laws
September 03, 2007 - HuffPo to Take On Police Stings in Bathrooms
August 31, 2007 - Cry Me a River: DOJ Hurting for Funds
August 23, 2007 - ABA Urges Sentencing Commision to Make Crack Cocaine Penalty Reductions Retroactive
August 19, 2007 - Bill Richardson Pushes to Implement N.M.'s Medical Pot Law
August 07, 2007 - FBI Relaxes Hiring Rules for Former Drug Users
August 03, 2007 - A Catch-22 For Former Sex Offenders
August 02, 2007 - Malicious Prosecution
July 31, 2007 - S.F. to Pot Dispenaries: Fatten Up Those Baggies
July 25, 2007 - DEA May Start a Blog
July 18, 2007 - Report: Locking Up Gang Members Doesn't Work
July 12, 2007 - House Hearing on DEA's Regulation of Pain Medicine
July 10, 2007 - New Eyewitness Identification Report Released
July 05, 2007 - The Consequences of a Marijuana Conviction
July 05, 2007 - A Warning for Pain Management Physicians
June 30, 2007 - New Mexico Law Requires State to Produce Marijuana
June 28, 2007 - The Past Life of a Republican U.S. Senator
June 27, 2007 - Teen Experts: A Joint is Better Than Alcohol
June 19, 2007 - Charging Pain Doctors as Drug Dealers
June 18, 2007 - Is Piracy the Worst Form of Theft?
June 14, 2007 - Lousiana Town to Criminalize Showing Underpants
June 14, 2007 - New York is Close to Legalizing Medical Marijuana
June 11, 2007 - Wilson Ordered Released
June 11, 2007 - Medical MJ in Connecticut
June 09, 2007 - Britain Rejects Version of 'Megan's Law'
June 08, 2007 - A Cruel and Unusual Sentence
June 02, 2007 - US Attorney Griffin resigns; will work for Fred Thompson campaign
May 29, 2007 - The Life of a Female Pot Dealer
May 21, 2007 - Life After Gangs? Unions Embrace Former Members
May 16, 2007 - Sentencing Commission Sends Crack Cocaine Penalty Report to Congress
May 16, 2007 - Late Night: 1960's Police Drug Training Video
May 10, 2007 - No Charges For Cop Who Baked Pot Cookies
May 09, 2007 - Wal-Mart Says No to Shame
May 06, 2007 - Study: Megan's Laws May Not Make Children Safer
May 05, 2007 - NORML's E-Bay Auctions Featuring Prisoner Art
May 04, 2007 - Should Computer Techs Be Mandatory Reporters of Child Porn?
May 03, 2007 - Questioning the Use of Police Informants
April 28, 2007 - Sentencing Commission Takes First Step Towards Reducing Crack Cocaine Penalties
April 25, 2007 - Native American Women 2.5 Times More Likely to Be Raped
April 19, 2007 - The Case Against Mandatory Minimums
April 14, 2007 - Pot Guru Ed Rosenthal To Be Retried Even Though Jail Off the Table
April 06, 2007 - A War on Drugs Story
April 05, 2007 - Florida Housing Sex Offenders Under a Bridge
March 30, 2007 - Is Marijuana Kosher for Passover?
March 23, 2007 - DEA Asks Congress for More Money
March 22, 2007 - DEA Has a Great Week
March 13, 2007 - Latest WH Lie: All U.S. Attorneys Suspect for Not Investigating Voter Fraud
March 07, 2007 - Bill Richardson Seeks Passage of N.M. Medical Marijuana Bill
February 28, 2007 - Ohio Weighs Special License Plates for Sex Offenders
February 28, 2007 - Stupid Prosecution of the Week
February 23, 2007 - Rethinking Draconian White Collar Sentences
February 23, 2007 - CA Spanking Bill Dies
February 21, 2007 - Lawsuit Challenges Gov't to 'Stop Making False Statements' About Pot
February 16, 2007 - The Drug War as a Military Recruitment Tool
February 12, 2007 - Missing Weapons and Laptops at the FBI
February 06, 2007 - Putting Time Limits on Rape
February 05, 2007 - A Judicial Protest Against Expansive Sex Offender Registration
February 05, 2007 - Eyewitness ID Reform Bill on Track in New Mexico
February 03, 2007 - You Get What You Pay For
January 30, 2007 - Much (Unnecessary) Ado to Execute a Warrant
January 26, 2007 - Rating Injustices
January 23, 2007 - Defense Attorney Challenges Replacement of U.S. Attorneys
January 18, 2007 - LA Pot Raids Surpise Local Cops
January 16, 2007 - Life Sentence Possible for Adultery in Michigan
January 12, 2007 - Mass. Rescinds Immigration Enforcement Agreement
January 11, 2007 - Drug War Hurts U.S. Asparagus Growers
January 10, 2007 - LA Chief Bratton Unveils New Gang Policy
January 10, 2007 - NOLA Judge Jails Public Defender
January 09, 2007 - Sentencing Reform At Last?
January 08, 2007 - A Public Defender Efficacy Study
January 08, 2007 - DEA Criticized for Mishandling Seized Funds
January 05, 2007 - Rethinking Aggressive Search Warrant Executions
January 02, 2007 - Nightly Wrap Up
December 26, 2006 - Why Pot Legalization Should Have Passed in Colorado
December 23, 2006 - A Christmas Gift
December 19, 2006 - Ten Years For Consensual Sex
December 18, 2006 - Sex Offender Residency Laws Under Attack
December 18, 2006 - Are Houston Cops Over-Using Stun Guns Against Blacks?
December 14, 2006 - Top Ten Drug Law Stories of 2006
December 09, 2006 - Waiting Lists For Drug Treatment
December 07, 2006 - TX Prosecutors Infiltrate My Space Accounts for Minor Crimes
December 06, 2006 - Another Lying Texas Snitch
December 04, 2006 - 2/3 of Those Tasered in Houston are Black
November 26, 2006 - An Argument for Drug Legalization
November 24, 2006 - Big Crime Drop in New York With Fewer Incarcerations
November 22, 2006 - Atlanta police kill 92 year old woman in drug raid; flawed SCOTUS policy?
November 22, 2006 - Court Orders Hiring of More Public Defenders in New Orleans
November 21, 2006 - TX "Lock-em-Up" Judge Criticizes Drug Sentences
November 16, 2006 - UCLA Student Tasered in Library Over No ID
November 14, 2006 - ACLU at the Crack-Powder Cocaine Hearing
November 14, 2006 - Scooter Judge: Crack Penalties "Unconscionable"
November 14, 2006 - Conference on Punishment, Conference on Drug Defense
November 13, 2006 - Judicial Conference Ask Judges to Hide Snitch Records
November 13, 2006 - Sentencing Commission to Revisit Crack-Powder Penalties
November 12, 2006 - When Veterans are Defendants
November 09, 2006 - CA Banishment Law Enacted on Tuesday and Blocked on Wednesday
November 07, 2006 - Dateline Sting Leads to Suicide
October 31, 2006 - Another Stun Gun Victim -- Teenage Jesus Follower
October 26, 2006 - Canada to U.S.: Stop Dumping Your Sex Offenders Here
October 18, 2006 - A Billion Dollars a Year Spent on Jailing Pot Offenders
October 17, 2006 - Expungement of Criminal Records Becomes a Fiction
October 15, 2006 - Pot Use Drops Dramatically in Europe
October 07, 2006 - A Failure to Communicate at Gallaudet
October 02, 2006 - Schwarzenegger Vetoes Hemp Bill
September 29, 2006 - DEA: Our Job is Not to Practice Democracy
September 26, 2006 - This is Your Ass on Drugs
September 21, 2006 - House Approves Strip Search Bill
September 18, 2006 - Gov't Puts Anti-Drug Videos on YouTube
September 18, 2006 - U.S. Marijuana Arrests at All-Time High
September 14, 2006 - Eyechecks to be Used to Bust Drug Users
September 08, 2006 - Anti-Marijuana Cabal to Meet in San Diego
September 08, 2006 - DEA Says 98% of Eradicated Pot is Ditchweed
September 02, 2006 - Boredom and Binge Drinking in the Western Red States
August 30, 2006 - DEA Denies Politicking Against Marijuana Initiative
August 28, 2006 - Can CA Farmers Grow Hemp?
August 07, 2006 - Self-Defense or Excessive Force?
August 07, 2006 - States Move to Expand Self-Defense Laws
July 25, 2006 - Reps. Seek More Money for Federal Prosecutors
July 24, 2006 - Increase in Customs Seizures of Prescription Medications
July 20, 2006 - Botched Drug Raid Map
July 16, 2006 - Uprooting the Creeping Belief That the Criminal Justice System is Infallible
July 15, 2006 - LVPD Shocked by Murder of Officer and Its Own Inexperience
July 11, 2006 - Taser Death in Milwaukee
June 26, 2006 - Federal Judge Blocks GA. Sex Offender Law
June 14, 2006 - High Speed Chases: Treating A Public Health Problem
June 09, 2006 - The "Rock, Paper, Scissors" Judge
May 24, 2006 - Primary Enforcement of Seat Belt Law Rejected by MA House
May 24, 2006 - New Taser Research
May 23, 2006 - Heroin Injection Rooms for the Addicted
May 19, 2006 - Another Bad New Drug Law Bill
May 16, 2006 - New Report on Crack-Powder Disparity
May 07, 2006 - Addiction is a Public Health Issue
May 03, 2006 - Police Reform
April 27, 2006 - Search Warrants Via E-Mail?
April 26, 2006 - Woman in Wheelchair Dies After Jolted By Taser
April 24, 2006 - TX: Life for 17 Year Old Who Smoked Pot on Probation
April 24, 2006 - Study Casts Doubts on Sequential, Double Blind Lineups
April 18, 2006 - Bad Laws and Second Chances
April 18, 2006 - Rethinking Sex Offender Registration
April 18, 2006 - E-Mail Search Warrants Start Dec. 1
April 17, 2006 - Smile For the Camera
April 17, 2006 - Sex Offenders Gunned Down, Registry Halted
April 15, 2006 - Drug War Harms More Than 100,000 Students
April 14, 2006 - Taxing Marijuana
April 14, 2006 - Two Years For Selling a Gram of Marijuana
April 11, 2006 - Detroit Police Will Videotape Some Interrogations
April 08, 2006 - The Danger of No Knock Warrants
April 03, 2006 - Voice Stress Analyzers Criticized
March 31, 2006 - Ohio Passes Unfair Drugged Driving Bill
March 31, 2006 - Sensenbrenner To Go Topless
March 29, 2006 - 'Officer Down' Call Results in House to House Searching
March 26, 2006 - Report: 'Drug Free Zones' Contribute to Racial Disparity in Criminal Justice
March 23, 2006 - Texas Cops Busting Drunks Inside Bars
March 23, 2006 - How to Avoid the Perp Walk
March 22, 2006 - Students to Sue Feds Over Denial of Aid for Drug Offenses
March 21, 2006 - KY. Town Rejects Sex Offender Limitations
March 13, 2006 - Drugs and Race Explored in New Haven
March 13, 2006 - Cocaine Dependence May Be Gene-Related
March 11, 2006 - DUI Laywers Seek Intoxilyzer Source Code
March 09, 2006 - DEA to Take Hawaiian Holiday, Your Tax Dollars at Work
March 08, 2006 - Driving While Ambien'ed
March 06, 2006 - Justice Department Targets Pimps
March 05, 2006 - 60 Minutes Airs the Prince of Pot: Life for Selling Seeds?
March 04, 2006 - Feds Keeping Defendant Deals Secret
March 03, 2006 - LA's Bratton Seeks to Reform Three Strikes Laws
March 02, 2006 - International Drug Interdiction Still Not Working
March 01, 2006 - The Way It Is
February 25, 2006 - An Underground Pot Farm
February 23, 2006 - New Report: Cannabis and the Brain
February 23, 2006 - Who Should Pay For the Criminal Justice System?
February 20, 2006 - PA Considers Comm'n to Study Wrongful Convictions
February 20, 2006 - A Hip-Hop View of Criminal Justice Reform
February 20, 2006 - Reforming Sex Offender Registration
February 18, 2006 - Tax Dollars At Work
February 05, 2006 - Brain Mapping: The Government's Future Lie Detector of Choice
February 04, 2006 - Student Loan Reform Begins; More Change Needed
January 31, 2006 - Another Bad Idea
January 29, 2006 - Retailer Target Expands Into High-Tech Police Work
January 20, 2006 - Fed. Judge Blasts Mandatory Minimum Sentences
January 19, 2006 - Ripping the Meth Myth
January 14, 2006 - Nitrous Oxide Now a Hit in Britain
January 12, 2006 - Report: Federal Crack Sentences Getting Shorter
January 09, 2006 - Appeals Court Upholds 55 Year Mandatory Sentence
January 09, 2006 - Protesters Question Prosecution of Indian-American Clerks
January 01, 2006 - Tennessee to Shame Drunk Drivers Today
December 21, 2005 - Frivolous TRO Issued Against Letterman
December 17, 2005 - Federal Judge Calls DEA's View of Hemp 'Asinine'
December 12, 2005 - Government's Monopoly on Marijuana Challenged
November 30, 2005 - Students Wanted: Help Sue the Government
November 21, 2005 - Afghan Opium Solution Proposed
November 19, 2005 - Fighting Crime the Old Fashioned Way
November 09, 2005 - Children of the Incarcerated: All Alone
November 05, 2005 - Tracing the Demonization Of Marijuana
November 02, 2005 - Denver Votes to Legalize Personal Pot Possession
October 21, 2005 - Authorities Seize New-Born: Dad a Sex Offender 20 Years Ago
October 17, 2005 - Marijuana Arrests Reach New High
October 14, 2005 - California Pot Growing Soars
October 13, 2005 - Zero Tolerance in D.C.
October 13, 2005 - An Outrageous Medical Pot Bust
October 09, 2005 - FBI May Relax Pot-Smoker Policy
October 03, 2005 - FBI Investigations Decline Sharply
October 03, 2005 - Exile From Main Street
October 02, 2005 - People are More Than the Sum of Their Crimes
September 29, 2005 - DEA Publication: Microgram
September 28, 2005 - New Report on Denying Benefits to Drug Offenders
September 26, 2005 - Readers Digest on Three Strikes: Is the Tide Turning?
September 25, 2005 - Violent Crime at a 32 Year Low
September 21, 2005 - War on Terror Apparently Over: FBI to Restart Porn Investigations
September 20, 2005 - Shaming Punishments: Sitcom Justice?
September 20, 2005 - Gonzales' Strange Priorities
September 12, 2005 - Inpsector General: FBI Ignores Informant Rules
September 06, 2005 - Sex Offender Registration Leads to Murder
August 31, 2005 - Questioning the Insanity Defense
August 30, 2005 - Calif. Highway Patrol Won't Seize Medical Pot
August 29, 2005 - FBI Says It Has Ceded Drug Busts to DEA
August 29, 2005 - Sex Offenders Murdered in Bellingham, WA
August 28, 2005 - Texas Leads in Jailing Pot Smokers
August 26, 2005 - The Never-Ending War on Drugs
August 26, 2005 - Utah Rave Update
August 25, 2005 - Sex Offender Hysteria
August 24, 2005 - No Appeal From Dismissal of New Ipswich 'Trespass' Charges
August 22, 2005 - Police Litigation Against Taser Int'l
August 18, 2005 - LA Times Praises Police Chief Bill Bratton
August 17, 2005 - Seattle Weekly Focuses on Drug War
August 17, 2005 - Gov. Arnold Asks for Tougher Sex Offender Laws
August 13, 2005 - NYT Profiles Marc Emery, 'Prince of Pot'
August 11, 2005 - DEA Pulls Out of Golf Tournament
August 10, 2005 - Gonzales Urges Mandatory Minimums for All Federal Crimes
August 09, 2005 - The Myth of Meth
August 07, 2005 - Fla. Sex Offenders Barred from Hurricane Shelters
August 03, 2005 - Operation Drug Merchant
August 03, 2005 - Magic Mushrooms May Cure Cluster Headaaches
August 02, 2005 - Litigation Forces Change in Police Department
August 01, 2005 - Homeland Security's Strategy: Arrest and Deport
July 30, 2005 - Death by Taser
July 28, 2005 - Feds Want to Restrict Sale of Cold Medicine
July 23, 2005 - The War on Pain Management
July 19, 2005 - The War Against Pain Medicine
July 14, 2005 - Medical Marijuana Decision May Come Back to Haunt the Right
July 13, 2005 - Ala. Mayor Bans Police From Using Tasers
June 30, 2005 - Justice Department Launches Attack on Piracy Networks
June 26, 2005 - Domestic Terrorists?
June 26, 2005 - The Price of Punishment
June 24, 2005 - DEA: SF Can Expect More Pot Busts
June 22, 2005 - Feds Raid SF Pot Clubs, Homes
June 21, 2005 - Alberto Gonzales Pushes Tougher Sentencing
June 20, 2005 - Rethinking Sex Offender Branding
June 20, 2005 - The Texas Injustice System
June 19, 2005 - Watch a Taser Incident
June 16, 2005 - Conyers Calls for Saner Drug Sentencing Policies
June 13, 2005 - Poll: Don't Arrest Medical Marijuana Users
June 09, 2005 - Hawaii May Prosecute Doctors Who Prescribe Pot
June 09, 2005 - The Pain Man
June 03, 2005 - Another Bad Law
June 02, 2005 - Milton Friedman Advocates MJ Legalization
May 31, 2005 - When Meth Turns Out to Be Laundry Detergent
May 25, 2005 - Stupid Arrest of the Week
May 24, 2005 - Marijuana Policy Project In Denver Wednesday
May 22, 2005 - Forgotten Women
May 22, 2005 - Rep. Souder: Bush Isn't Tough on Drugs
May 22, 2005 - Editorial Slams Mandatory Minimum Sentences
May 21, 2005 - Feds Plan Sex Offender Registry
May 19, 2005 - Administration Wants Secret Power to Seize Records
May 17, 2005 - Justice Department Passes New P0rnography Rules
May 16, 2005 - DEA vs. Pain Doctors: Point, Counterpoint, Fisk
May 12, 2005 - An Addict's Act of Heroism
May 12, 2005 - Jeb Bush Considers Veto of Money for Mental Health Care
May 11, 2005 - Feds' Drug War Hurts Chronic Pain Patients
May 09, 2005 - Justice in the Balance
May 07, 2005 - Reform Needed in VA Crime Lab
May 03, 2005 - Taser Death in Phoenix
May 03, 2005 - Judge Defends Peremptory Challenges
May 01, 2005 - Colombian Cocaine War a Failure in U.S.
April 27, 2005 - Marijuana and the Elderly
April 21, 2005 - Minutemen End Patrols
April 20, 2005 - Drug Cops Seek to Use Monkey in Enforcment Efforts
April 20, 2005 - Liquid Marijuana Approved in Canada
April 14, 2005 - Operation FALCON: Publicity Stunt?
April 12, 2005 - Lowering the Drinking Age to 18
April 12, 2005 - Sex Offender Registration and the Internet
April 10, 2005 - High School Hires Undercover PI to Make Busts
April 05, 2005 - Sensenbrenner Wants to Criminalize TV Indecency
April 04, 2005 - Minutemen Set Off Border Alarms
April 04, 2005 - Report Recommends Limits on Taser Use
March 31, 2005 - Posse Gathers in AZ
March 13, 2005 - Christian Groups Fund Drug Treatment and Rehab Skills Programs
March 11, 2005 - New Report on Marijuana Arrests in U.S.
March 11, 2005 - Canada: A Potential World Leader in MJ Reform
March 09, 2005 - Georgia Changes Parole Policy
March 09, 2005 - Florida Cops Taser Suspect Chained to Hospital Bed
March 08, 2005 - RCMP Chief: Pot Grows Not to Blame for Killings
March 08, 2005 - Police Return Pot to Smoker
March 08, 2005 - SF Mayor Proposes Firefighters Double as Cops
March 07, 2005 - Liability for High Speed Chases
March 07, 2005 - The Causation Factor Between Drugs and Crime
March 05, 2005 - Report: More Seeking Treatment for Marijuana Use
March 05, 2005 - B.C. Bud and the Canadian Border
March 04, 2005 - Bush Doublespeak on Gangs
March 04, 2005 - Empowering Cops With a Needle
March 01, 2005 - Alberto Gonzales Outlines Priorities
February 25, 2005 - San Francisco May Begin Regulating Pot Clubs
February 20, 2005 - Sex Offender Treatment Works
February 19, 2005 - U.S. Soldiers Will Get Ecstasy For Combat Stress
February 19, 2005 - Bush Budget Cuts Funding for Drug War
February 16, 2005 - Police Chiefs to Study Stun Gun Usage
February 15, 2005 - Debate: Should Reckless Sex be a Crime?
February 15, 2005 - Montel Williams: 'It's Time to Take Politics Out of the Debate'
February 14, 2005 - Taser Int'l To Market Stun Gun for Home Use
February 13, 2005 - The Disabled Fugitive Felon Project
February 11, 2005 - Drug Courts: Yes. Mandatory Minimums: No.
February 10, 2005 - More Concern About Tasers
February 08, 2005 - LAPD Needs Policy Prohibiting Shooting at Moving Cars
February 07, 2005 - Mothers Charged With Drugging Babies
February 01, 2005 - Racheting Up the Drug War
January 30, 2005 - Ecstasy: Can it Help Cancer Patients?
January 29, 2005 - Decriminalizing Breasts
January 26, 2005 - 53 Victims of the Drug War
January 26, 2005 - Reefer Wisdom
January 23, 2005 - How to Reduce Crime in L.A.
January 22, 2005 - Politicians, Prisons and Crime
January 22, 2005 - Taser to Increase Power of Stun Guns
January 21, 2005 - Reducing Recidivism
January 21, 2005 - Study: Cannibis Drug Reduces Cancer Pain
January 21, 2005 - First Rockefeller Inmate Released Under New Law
January 20, 2005 - Shaming Sanctions As Punishment
January 18, 2005 - Your Drug War At Work
January 18, 2005 - Police Report Urges Scrapping Ballistics Database
January 16, 2005 - Military Penalties In Perspective
January 11, 2005 - British Cocaine Documentary Advocates Legalization
January 05, 2005 - Do Cities Need Sheriffs?
January 02, 2005 - Predicting Future Criminality for Sentencing Purposes
December 22, 2004 - Medical Pot User's Driver's License Targeted
December 19, 2004 - Poll: Older Citizens Support Medical Pot
December 16, 2004 - Man Dies After Being Shot By Taser
December 13, 2004 - Medical Marijuana Group Lobbies New HHS Chief
December 13, 2004 - Purest Heroin in the Country
December 09, 2004 - Mandatory Minimums: Stop the Madness
December 08, 2004 - New York Passes Modest Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms
December 07, 2004 - Reform the Rockefeller Laws
November 30, 2004 - Stupid Law of the Week
November 30, 2004 - AI Calls For Taser Ban
November 30, 2004 - Ibogaine: Cure for Addiction?
November 28, 2004 - Street Drug Prices At Record Low in Britain
November 27, 2004 - Homeless Court Does Away With Jail
November 26, 2004 - Calif. Study: Relapse High
November 25, 2004 - Study: More Blacks Imprisoned Under Sentencing Guidelines
November 23, 2004 - U.S. Sentencing Commission Issues 15 Year Summary Report
November 23, 2004 - Truth-In-Sentencing Laws Exposed
November 18, 2004 - Federal Appeals Judge: More Rehab, Less Jail for Drug Offenders
November 17, 2004 - Sentencing Commission Weighs Going 'Topless'
November 17, 2004 - Judge to Drug Defendant: Jail or Join Military
November 16, 2004 - Minor Drug Dealer Gets 55 Years - Judge Urges Appeal and Clemency
November 14, 2004 - Detroit Conference Examines Criminal Justice System
November 13, 2004 - Miami Cops Taser a Six Year Old
November 12, 2004 - The D.A.R.E. Generation Fights Back
November 10, 2004 - Why a Tax Increase to Hire LA Cops Failed
November 08, 2004 - Sen. Durbin Instrumental in Funding Project Ceasefire
November 06, 2004 - Editorial Criticizes Hate Crimes Laws
November 05, 2004 - Harsh Marijuana Policies Harm Poor Students
November 04, 2004 - Ann Arbor Legalizes Medical Marijuana
November 04, 2004 - Supporters of 3 Strikes Reform Will Try Again
October 30, 2004 - Three Strikes Reform on California Ballot
October 27, 2004 - Some Police Agencies Stop Using Pepper Gun After Boston Death
October 25, 2004 - Pot Arrests Up: One Every 43 Seconds
October 25, 2004 - Administration Explains Oregon Initiative to Oregonians
October 24, 2004 - CA Voters May Reconsider 3-Strikes Law
October 11, 2004 - The West vs. The White House
October 01, 2004 - Right- Wing Permissiveness as a Cause of Crime
September 27, 2004 - Sex Shops Return to NYC
September 25, 2004 - California: A Leading Light on Drug Addicition
September 16, 2004 - Bush Can't See the Forest for the Trees
September 13, 2004 - D.E.A. Roadshow Hits Times Square
September 12, 2004 - Gun Nutty Sentencing Laws
September 10, 2004 - Study Finds Pot Helps MS Victims
September 09, 2004 - Pregnant Drug User Charged With First Degree Murder
September 09, 2004 - Pain and Legal Pain Killer Briefing
August 27, 2004 - Canned Ashcroft Now Available
August 24, 2004 - Praise for Long Beach Cops
August 22, 2004 - New Website Outs Informants
August 20, 2004 - Advocating Safe Needles
August 15, 2004 - Should Rape Accusers Have to Take Polygraphs?
August 13, 2004 - A Misguided Prison Policy
August 13, 2004 - Bush's 'Born-Again Drug War'
August 04, 2004 - Detroit Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
July 31, 2004 - Shame As Punishment
July 26, 2004 - U.S. Jail Population Hits New High
July 18, 2004 - Perilous Times
July 17, 2004 - Taser Safety and Usefulness Questioned
July 17, 2004 - Prosecutor Wants to Make Headlines
July 14, 2004 - Genetic Privacy
July 14, 2004 - The Right to Counsel: A Promise, Not a Reality
July 09, 2004 - Judge: 100 Year Old Man Kills Wife Out of Love
July 02, 2004 - Colombia as 'Cocaine Country'
June 30, 2004 - VCL Addresses War on Drugs
June 30, 2004 - Kennedy Commission Recommends Less Reliance on Incarceration
June 26, 2004 - FBI's Case Management Problems Continue
June 26, 2004 - Religious Groups Back Medical Marijuana
June 22, 2004 - Governent Releases Reports on Federal Prosecutors
June 19, 2004 - Speed Cameras Proposed in CT
June 18, 2004 - Study Demonstrates Benefits of Recording Police Interrogations
June 17, 2004 - TX Mother Sentenced for Smoking Pot While Pregnant
June 17, 2004 - Medical Marijuana Bill Advances in NY
June 15, 2004 - Police Favor Recording of Interrogations
June 12, 2004 - Too Stoned to Fight
June 10, 2004 - Voters Want to Change CA's Three-Strikes Law
June 06, 2004 - Thinking About White Collar Crime
June 04, 2004 - A Senseless Death for a Pot-Dealing Landlord
June 03, 2004 - Judge Strikes Down Ban on Drug Legalization Ads
May 31, 2004 - Fingerprints Under Attack
May 30, 2004 - DEA Loses Laptop With Informant Data
May 29, 2004 - Questioning Fingerprints
May 28, 2004 - Janklow's Pardons
May 28, 2004 - Study: Anti-Drug Ads Don't Work
May 27, 2004 - Recommendation: Don't Handcuff Students
May 26, 2004 - Undergarment Exposure Law Defeated
May 23, 2004 - Another Mandatory Sentencing Injustice
May 18, 2004 - Study: Marijuana Not Addictive, Not a Gateway Drug
May 11, 2004 - Sentencing Project Examines Life Sentences
May 10, 2004 - Justice or Mercy?
May 09, 2004 - Bush and the S.E.C.
May 07, 2004 - No More Doggies in the Window
May 04, 2004 - Rehabilitation By Any Other Name Is Still Good
May 04, 2004 - Reforming Sex Offender Registration
May 03, 2004 - The High Cost of Incarceration
April 29, 2004 - Prisons Skew Census Data
April 29, 2004 - Ending the Punishment That Lasts Forever
April 28, 2004 - Federalizing Crime
April 27, 2004 - Prosecutor to Investigate Theft of Democratic Memoranda
April 25, 2004 - War on Drugs Victimizes Farmers
April 23, 2004 - MS Sufferer Gets 25 Years for Drug Prescription Offenses
April 23, 2004 - Fashion Police
April 21, 2004 - Police Acquiring Vidcams
April 19, 2004 - KDrink Company Responds
April 17, 2004 - Innovative Drug Treatment Programs
April 12, 2004 - KDrink Provides a Buzz from the Coca Leaf
April 09, 2004 - Unhappy Easter
April 08, 2004 - Bush Proclaims National D.A.R.E. Day
April 08, 2004 - Religious Group Sues Ashcroft and the DEA
April 07, 2004 - Sale of Cold Tablets Restricted in OK
April 07, 2004 - Justice Dept. to Wage War on Porn
April 07, 2004 - The DEA Wants to Keep You in Pain
April 05, 2004 - Freedom Fighters Needed in LA
April 05, 2004 - Washington State: Crisis in Public Defense
April 04, 2004 - Bill Would Make Peephole Photography a Federal Crime
April 03, 2004 - More White Collar Prosecutions to Come
March 30, 2004 - Teen Charged With Self-Porn
March 29, 2004 - Medical Marijuana User Allowed To Fly With Pot
March 29, 2004 - Questions Raised About Federal Juvenile Prosecution
March 28, 2004 - High Electric Bill Leads to Search
March 27, 2004 - California Wants More Time From Rehabilitated Woman
March 27, 2004 - Utah Quits MATRIX
March 26, 2004 - Questions Raised About FBI's New Computer System
March 25, 2004 - Ark. Parents Sue to Stop Student Drug Testing
March 25, 2004 - UPDATED: Senate Passes Bill Criminalizing Harm to 'Unborn Children'
March 25, 2004 - Sentencing Commission Ups Bribery Penalties
March 23, 2004 - South Africa Grapples With Fair Trial Issues
March 23, 2004 - Drunk Driving License Plates
March 22, 2004 - Canada to Put Marijuana in Pharmacies
March 20, 2004 - Some Law Enforcement Agencies Underreport Crime
March 19, 2004 - Witness Protection
March 19, 2004 - Just Say No to Student Drug Testing
March 19, 2004 - Witness Protection Program To Expand to Terrorism Cases
March 19, 2004 - Mexican Farm Worker Gets 10 Years for Pot Cultivation
March 17, 2004 - Border Patrol Continues to Grow
March 16, 2004 - Steal It Back!
March 14, 2004 - Examining the Drug War
March 14, 2004 - The State of Indigent Defense
March 13, 2004 - The Next Crime Wave
March 13, 2004 - Student Aid Ban for Past Drug Use Under Attack
March 13, 2004 - Refusing a C-Section and Murder Charges
March 12, 2004 - Woman Who Refused C-Section Charged With Murdering Fetus
March 09, 2004 - Louisiana: Assembly Line Justice
March 09, 2004 - Ashcroft's Surgery a Success
March 03, 2004 - UPDATE: Mayor Charged With Crimes For Performing Gay Marriages
March 02, 2004 - Bush Admin. to Crack Down on Painkiller Abuse
March 02, 2004 - DEA Approves Use of Ecstasy in Trauma Study
February 29, 2004 - N.D. Federal Judges Consider Drug Court
February 24, 2004 - 2003 FBI Handbook of Forensic Services
February 18, 2004 - New Alcohol Tests to Detect Drinking Over Months
February 18, 2004 - Lawsuit Filed Over Marijuana Ads
February 10, 2004 - Panel Examines FBI Bullet Analysis
February 04, 2004 - Houston Police Friskier With Blacks and Latinos
February 02, 2004 - Virginia Indigent Defense System Failing
February 02, 2004 - The FBI, Soldiers and Polygraphs
February 01, 2004 - New Medical Marijuana Store Opens
January 29, 2004 - Feds Bust Bong Sellers in Nebraska
January 29, 2004 - Great Britain Reclassifies Pot: Where Do Our Candidates Stand?
January 28, 2004 - S.F. Doctors Object to Performing Body Cavity Searches
January 28, 2004 - Justice Dept. to End Drug Testing of New Inmates
January 26, 2004 - State Pot Case Taken Over by Feds
January 26, 2004 - Racial Disparity in Florida Plea Bargains
January 26, 2004 - Free Heroin On Tap for Canada?
January 26, 2004 - Gov. Arnie May Revamp Parole System
January 25, 2004 - Government Seeks Dismissal of Contempt Proceedings in Colorado Marijuana Case
January 25, 2004 - Federal Judge Criticizes President's Call For Services For Released Prisoners
January 23, 2004 - Bush's $23 Million Drug Testing Folly
January 18, 2004 - Hemp: DEA Has Never Approved a License
January 18, 2004 - The Over-Federalization of Common Crimes
January 16, 2004 - Six Years for One Orchid?
January 15, 2004 - Child Molester Killed in Prison Cell
January 13, 2004 - A Judge's Struggle With Mandatory Minimums
January 13, 2004 - Enron Deals for Drug Offenders
January 11, 2004 - The Needle and the Damage Done
January 08, 2004 - Praise for a Prosecutor
January 08, 2004 - Hustler and Snitch Hits the Big Time
January 07, 2004 - Ogilvy & Mather Charged With Cheating Over Anti-Drug Ads
January 06, 2004 - The Lobster Police
January 06, 2004 - The Latest in the Drug Wars
January 05, 2004 - Stratford High School Principal Resigns (Goose Creek)
January 03, 2004 - Cancer Changes Republican's Views on Medical Pot
January 01, 2004 - Top Ten Marijuana Policy Events
December 30, 2003 - Feds Refuse Court Order to Return Marijuana
December 29, 2003 - TV Shows to Highlight Negative Aspects of Mandatory Minimum Sentences
December 29, 2003 - Pain Doctors Under Fire
December 20, 2003 - Bill Maher on Legalizing Pot
December 13, 2003 - Additional Funding Proposed for Witness Protection
December 03, 2003 - From Mushrooms to Murder
November 28, 2003 - Oakland May Begin Regulating Pot Cafes
November 28, 2003 - New Stats Undercut Rationale for 'Meagan's Laws'
November 27, 2003 - Drug Policy Debate
November 21, 2003 - Report: FBI Bullet Tests Are Flawed
November 21, 2003 - From Fingerprints to Palm Prints
November 21, 2003 - On Cops and Marijuana Arrests
November 21, 2003 - House Report: FBI Used Killers as Informants
November 20, 2003 - Man Chokes to Death Trying to Hide Bag of Pot
November 20, 2003 - New Test May Signal End of Breathalyser
November 17, 2003 - Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders
November 13, 2003 - New York To Double Indigent Defense Rates
November 08, 2003 - Armed Cops Raid High School: No Drugs Found
November 07, 2003 - Drug Czar Speaks to Legalizing Marijuana
November 06, 2003 - New Study: Marijuana Pill Helps With MS
November 02, 2003 - No Justice for the Indigent in Louisiana
November 02, 2003 - No Justice for the Indigent in Louisiana
October 28, 2003 - Marijuana Arrests for 2002 Near Record High
October 28, 2003 - Marijuana Arrests for 2002 Near Record High
October 28, 2003 - Bill Bratton's One Year Report Card
October 28, 2003 - Bill Bratton's One Year Report Card
October 27, 2003 - The Rights of Those Accused of Rape
October 27, 2003 - The Rights of Those Accused of Rape
October 27, 2003 - Federal Sentencing Guideline Downward Departure Report
October 27, 2003 - Federal Sentencing Guideline Downward Departure Report
October 22, 2003 - Bad Laws: Just Ignore Them?
October 22, 2003 - Bad Laws: Just Ignore Them?
October 21, 2003 - Support for Doctors Prescribing Marijuana
October 21, 2003 - The ABA Justice Kennedy Commission Hearings
October 20, 2003 - Minnesota to Charge for Public Defenders
October 18, 2003 - Operation Gray Lord: Going After Internet Drug Purchasers
October 17, 2003 - Justice Department Rejects Diversity Advice
October 15, 2003 - Inspector General Criticizes DEA and FBI in Progress Reports
October 12, 2003 - Bush Administration's Two-Faced States' Rights Position
October 11, 2003 - Rape After Consenting to Sex
October 11, 2003 - Sentencing Guidelines: Changing the Practice of Law
October 09, 2003 - Latest Zero-Tolerance Absurdity
October 09, 2003 - Bush Drug Czar Wants to Give Urine Tests to School Kids
October 04, 2003 - James Comey Named Deputy Attorney General
October 01, 2003 - Drug War Goes Overboard and Out of Bounds
September 29, 2003 - NJ: Driving While Tired Now a Crime
September 27, 2003 - Drug War Update
September 27, 2003 - Hypoglycemia: Driving Under the Influence
September 26, 2003 - Ashcroft as Cotton Mather
September 25, 2003 - Study: Racial Profiling Exists and is Ineffective at Crime Control
September 24, 2003 - Judicial Conference Statement
September 24, 2003 - Eyewitness Evidence Training Manual Released
September 24, 2003 - Operation Pipe Dreams: Proving Paraphernalia Charges
September 23, 2003 - New Mexico Judge Finds Polygraphs Unreliable
September 22, 2003 - Text of Ashcroft's Charging Memo
September 22, 2003 - Ashcroft Directs Prosecutors To File Most Serious Charges
September 22, 2003 - Justice Breyer Raps Mandatory Minimums
September 20, 2003 - MADD is Not What You Think It Is
September 18, 2003 - Lawsuit: Chicago Police Routinely Locking Up Witnesses
September 18, 2003 - Ravers Against Opposition to Raves (ROAR)
September 17, 2003 - Seattle Voters Defy Drug Czar
September 17, 2003 - L.A. Bans Lap Dancing
September 17, 2003 - Retort to Government Report that 11 Million Have Driven Drugged
September 16, 2003 - 'Truth in Trials Act' To Be Introduced In Senate
September 16, 2003 - Health Canada's Legal Pot Stinks, Users Say
September 09, 2003 - More Details About Suspect Ecstasy Study
September 09, 2003 - DOJ Press Secretary Comstock Quits
September 07, 2003 - How the Drug War Causes Police Corruption
September 06, 2003 - U.S. Marijuana Party
September 06, 2003 - Report on Dangers of Ecstasy Retracted
September 05, 2003 - Government to Give Fewer Lie Detectors
September 01, 2003 - Netherlands Makes Pot Available by Prescription
August 28, 2003 - FBI Probes OKC Bombing Lab Test Results
August 28, 2003 - Report: States Overspend on Prisons, Underfund Educaton
August 24, 2003 - Crime Victimization at Lowest Since 1973
August 21, 2003 - L.A. Police Chases Drop 62%
August 21, 2003 - Bush Administration Resumes Cooperation in Shooting Down Drug Planes
August 19, 2003 - Who Will Be Number Two at Justice?
August 18, 2003 - Free E-Book on Polygraphs
August 13, 2003 - Jeb Bush Funds Prisons Instead of Education
August 12, 2003 - It's Official: Larry Thompson Leaving Justice
August 12, 2003 - ABA to Study Mandatory Minimum Sentences
August 11, 2003 - The Dying Fight the Feds Over Marijuana
August 10, 2003 - Justice Kennedy: Sentences Are Too Long
August 07, 2003 - Ashcroft Moves To Control Sentencings
August 07, 2003 - Naming the Accuser in A Rape Case
August 05, 2003 - Lie Detectors Don't Work: New Study
August 05, 2003 - Scholarships for Students With Drug Convictions
August 05, 2003 - Howard Dean Speaks to Medical Marijuana
August 05, 2003 - Rape Shield Laws Aren't Always Just
August 04, 2003 - Charging Meth Offenders With Terrorism
August 03, 2003 - Rape After Consent to Sex, Part 2
August 02, 2003 - Jeb Bush Criticizes the White House
July 29, 2003 - Help NORML and Win a Week in France
July 28, 2003 - Minnesota Charging for Public Defenders
July 28, 2003 - Dementia Patients and Crime
July 24, 2003 - The Prejudicial Effect of Mug Shots
July 24, 2003 - Medical Marijuana Goes to Congressional Vote
July 21, 2003 - Thousands Lack Lawyers in Crucial Hearings
July 21, 2003 - Meth as a 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'
July 20, 2003 - Restoring Voting Rights to Felons
July 17, 2003 - Air Force Academy Honor Code
July 17, 2003 - Oppose Funding for National Guard Anti-Drug Programs
July 17, 2003 - Poll on Videotaping Interrogations
July 14, 2003 - Funding Available for Marijuana Research
July 14, 2003 - LAPD Revamps Gang Approach
July 12, 2003 - White House Targets Doctors Who Recommend Medical Marjuana
July 09, 2003 - Canada to Sell Pot to Medically Ill
July 05, 2003 - Peru Firm Exports Coca Leaves to U.S.
July 02, 2003 - July 4: Peace Mile Parade
July 02, 2003 - When Informants Go Bad
July 01, 2003 - The Cost of the Aging Inmate Population
July 01, 2003 - New Junk Science: The Green-Tinged Tongue Test
June 27, 2003 - Delaware Cuts Mandatory Prison Terms
June 26, 2003 - ACLU: 'Sniffer Flashlights' Violate Fourth Amendment
June 26, 2003 - Cocaine Found on Nearly All Euro Notes
June 19, 2003 - Scopolamine: The Newest Drug Scare
June 19, 2003 - U.S. Lawyers Barred from Yugoslav Case
June 18, 2003 - More Botched NYPD No-Knocks
June 15, 2003 - Functional and Productive Drug Users
June 13, 2003 - White House Drug Policy Marijuana Ads Win Award
June 11, 2003 - New Justice Department Nominations
June 11, 2003 - Lawyer Fingers Judge, Gets Case Dropped
June 10, 2003 - On South Central LA
June 03, 2003 - Iowa Touts Illegal Drug Stamp Tax
June 02, 2003 - U.S. Overtakes Russia - In Number of Prisoners
June 01, 2003 - Key to Reducing the Murder Rate
June 01, 2003 - Up in Smoke: U.S. Bucks Trend on Marijuana Laws
May 30, 2003 - Another Black Eye for the FBI...and Orrin Hatch
May 29, 2003 - Drop The Rock: End NY's Rockefeller Drug Laws
May 29, 2003 - Marijuana Compound Effective in Alzheimer's Treatment
May 29, 2003 - Pot-Smoking Ban Likely For Dutch Coffee Houses
May 28, 2003 - Leniency Pleas for Ed Rosenthal
May 27, 2003 - Polygraphs Found Worthless in Screening Out Spys
May 26, 2003 - No-Knock Raids
May 24, 2003 - FBI To Get Independent Review of Its Disciplinary System
May 23, 2003 - Congress Delays Funding For Anti-Marijuana Ad Campaigns
May 23, 2003 - Georgia Overhauls its Indigent Defense System
May 22, 2003 - L.A. Suburb Legalizes Adultery
May 22, 2003 - The Newest Sting: Operation Vagrant
May 21, 2003 - House Striking Out at Drug Policy Reformers
May 18, 2003 - Alabama Bans Racial Profiling
May 18, 2003 - San Francisco Tries New Heroin Treatment Drug
May 18, 2003 - Post-Humous Pardon Sought for Lenny Bruce
May 17, 2003 - Drug Testing Fails to Deter Drug Use
May 15, 2003 - Marijuana Compound Effective in Treating Tourette's Syndrome
May 15, 2003 - Bill O'Reilly's Pot Decriminalization Poll
May 14, 2003 - Flaws in the Grand Jury System
May 13, 2003 - Jeb Bush Orders Guardian Apponted to Represent Fetus
May 12, 2003 - Prostitute-Activists Urge Social Services Over Arrests
May 11, 2003 - 'Tell Mama' by Monica Lewinsky
May 11, 2003 - Smoke-Free Marijuana
May 10, 2003 - Shock Therapy For Police Recruits
May 08, 2003 - Report: Vancouver Police Persecuting Drug Users
May 05, 2003 - Only One Wiretap Application Rejected In Last Four Years
May 01, 2003 - British Medical Journal : Scare Mongering About Pot
May 01, 2003 - Canada to Decriminalize Pot Possession
April 29, 2003 - SFPD Officers Face Internal Charges
April 29, 2003 - 2002 Wiretap Report Released
April 29, 2003 - Failure of the Drug War
April 28, 2003 - FBI Lab Investigation Widens
April 24, 2003 - Watchdog Report Blasts San Francisco Police
April 23, 2003 - Santa Cruz to Sue Feds Over Medical Marijuana
April 21, 2003 - Peruvian Coca Farmers March on Capital
April 16, 2003 - Bush Seeks to Expand DNA Database to Arrestees
April 16, 2003 - More Wrongdoing at FBI Lab
April 15, 2003 - Mississippi Injustice: County Sues State
April 13, 2003 - Texas May Reduce Drug Penalties
April 08, 2003 - FBI Lab Under Scrutiny for Flawed DNA Testing
April 01, 2003 - Drug and Terror Ad Campaign Kaput
March 29, 2003 - Iowa Town May Make Lying A Crime
March 29, 2003 - Belgium Legalizes Pot Smoking
March 27, 2003 - Home Security Agency Names First Counter Narcotics Czar
March 27, 2003 - Bratton Suspends High Ranking Officer over Molestation Allegations
March 26, 2003 - ABA Opposes Subpoena for Judge's Sentencing Records
March 26, 2003 - Bush Nominates New Drug Czar
March 21, 2003 - Facial Recognition Systems: New Accuracy Study
March 17, 2003 - Frederic Whitehurst on the 3,000 Tainted FBI Cases
March 16, 2003 - Bill Bratton and the Independent Ramparts Investigation
March 14, 2003 - New Report Criticizes Miami Police
March 14, 2003 - Illinois Jail Head Resigns Amid Brutality Charges
March 14, 2003 - Medical Marijuana to be in Dutch Pharmacies March 17
March 13, 2003 - Bratton Institutes New Police Disciplinary Policy
March 11, 2003 - Study: Drug Treatment Works Better Than Prison
March 10, 2003 - Eminent Domain and DEA Seizure of Websites
March 08, 2003 - Taped Interrogations Gain Momentum In Florida
March 05, 2003 - Fight Bombs, Not Bongs
March 04, 2003 - Videotaping Interrogations
March 03, 2003 - Justice Dept. Considering New Crime of Encryption
March 02, 2003 - Justice System Casualties in Thailand and India
March 02, 2003 - FBI's Use of Violent Informants
February 28, 2003 - Ashcroft to Sue to Keep Gun Database Away From Cops
February 27, 2003 - War On Terrorism Takes A Holiday
February 26, 2003 - DOJ Seizes Bootleg Website
February 26, 2003 - Bratton Slams Rampart Probe
February 25, 2003 - DOJ Redirects Seized Websites to DEA
February 25, 2003 - Protest Operation Pipe Dreams
February 24, 2003 - Operation Pipe Dreams
February 21, 2003 - Baltimore Sun Calls for Ashcroft's Retirement
February 18, 2003 - Cheating on Drug Tests
February 16, 2003 - Under Ashcroft, States' Rights Take a Back Seat
February 13, 2003 - Report: Prisons Produce No Economic Benefits to Communities
February 02, 2003 - LA Chief Bill Bratton Puts "Broken Window" Policing Into Action
February 02, 2003 - Thailand to Begin Executing Drug Dealers
February 02, 2003 - Ex-Governor Ryan's Pre-Clemency Pardons
February 02, 2003 - Drug War Refugees
February 01, 2003 - Ft. Lauderdale To Tape All Homicide Interrogations
January 31, 2003 - Federal Judge Speaks Out Against Drug War
January 30, 2003 - Court Rules Against New Ashcroft Directive
January 28, 2003 - Seattle Bars Cops From Making Immigration Inquiries
January 27, 2003 - U.S. Involvement in Coca Wars
January 23, 2003 - Change in Federal Prison Policy for "White Collar" Offenders
January 21, 2003 - BOP Policy Change Regarding Community Corrections Sentences
January 18, 2003 - Coca Protest Spreads in Bolivia
January 16, 2003 - Air Force Doctor Sings the Praises of Speed Pills
January 16, 2003 - Bratton Overhauls LAPD
January 15, 2003 - DEA Agent Gets Jail Time for Leaks
January 14, 2003 - LA Police to Ignore Burglar Alarms
January 11, 2003 - Fiore: What's Going On in Our Towns
January 09, 2003 - Cops Shoot and Kill Dog While Innocent Family Watches
January 07, 2003 - Ashcroft Demands Jail for Low-Level White Collar Offenders
January 07, 2003 - FBI Alert: A Hoax by Informant
January 06, 2003 - Ex-Warriors Who Oppose the War on Drugs
January 06, 2003 - Racial Profiling Found in Mass. Traffic Stops
January 03, 2003 - States Snoop Into Your Medicine Cabinet
January 02, 2003 - Lawyer: Air Force Gave Pilots "Go Pills"
January 01, 2003 - England to End Night Courts
December 28, 2002 - Bush's Puny Pardons
December 28, 2002 - Bill Bratton Update
December 27, 2002 - Drinkers Face Drug Test on Entering Pub
December 27, 2002 - Treating Immigrants as Enemies
December 27, 2002 - U.S. and India Sign Non-Extradition Pact
December 26, 2002 - Ashcroft Insists on Jail for Low Level White Collar Offenders
December 24, 2002 - Reliability Problems with Dog Searches
December 22, 2002 - USAF Pilots on Speed
December 20, 2002 - Marijuana Group Launches War Against Drug Czar
December 18, 2002 - New FBI Crime Report Out
December 16, 2002 - Ambulance-Homicide Theory
December 15, 2002 - War on Drugs Catches the Minnows, Not the Big Fish
December 15, 2002 - LAPD Blows DUI Blood Testing
December 15, 2002 - Bill Bratton's First Month
December 15, 2002 - Canada to U.S. Drug Czar: Tough
December 15, 2002 - LA to Seize Cars from Johns
December 15, 2002 - Sunday Reading
December 14, 2002 - The Terror War on Drugs
December 13, 2002 - Medical Marijuana Suppliers Deptutized
December 12, 2002 - Canada Proposes to Decriminalize Pot
December 09, 2002 - Another Anti-MADD Group
December 09, 2002 - MADD: Their Real Political Agenda
December 09, 2002 - Corporate Fraud Penalties and Deals
December 05, 2002 - Bratton Appoints LA "Gang Czar"
December 04, 2002 - Bratton Seeks Federal Aid Fighting Gangs
December 03, 2002 - Racine Rave Raid Developments
November 30, 2002 - NY Cop Suspended for Refusing to Arrest Homeless Man
November 30, 2002 - Reefer Madness
November 24, 2002 - DEA to Launch Operation "X-Out"
November 21, 2002 - NORML Questions Feds' Proposed Pot Crackdown
November 21, 2002 - New Statistics on Homicide Trends
November 19, 2002 - U.S. to Target Drugged Drivers
November 19, 2002 - Marijuana May Ease Parkinsons' Symptoms
November 18, 2002 - Anonymous Juries Increasingly Used in Crime Cases
November 16, 2002 - Federal Gun and Drug Sentences
October 31, 2002 - Lie Detector Roulette
October 30, 2002 - FBI Crime Stats Omit Male Rape Victims
October 30, 2002 - Bill Bratton's Swearing In Ceremonies
October 30, 2002 - FBI 2001 Crime Statistics
October 27, 2002 - LA Police Chief Comes In Swinging
October 23, 2002 - Maureen Dowd on Bill Bratton
October 20, 2002 - Military is Easing Its War on Drugs
October 14, 2002 - Polygraphs: A Dangerous Tool
October 11, 2002 - San Jose Cops Removed from DEA Task Force
October 08, 2002 - Another Blow to Polygraphs
October 08, 2002 - Parole Refusals Hit the Court
October 05, 2002 - Bratton's Template for Change
October 04, 2002 - Bratton's Statement Accepting LAPD Chief's Job
October 03, 2002 - NY's William Bratton Named Chief of LAPD
September 30, 2002 - Ecstasy: Experts Disagree on Dangers
September 29, 2002 - Videotaping Police Interrogations a Must
September 27, 2002 - Another Federal Judge Speaks Against the Death Penalty System
September 26, 2002 - Santa Cruz Raid and the War on Drugs
September 25, 2002 - Drug War Propaganda
September 23, 2002 - Compromising Crime Statistics
September 22, 2002 - Timoney Misses Hearing the Wrong Guy Got Shot?
September 21, 2002 - Santa Cruz Mayor Defends Medical Mariuana Giveaway
September 20, 2002 - LA Police Commission Picks 3 Finalists for Police Chief
September 20, 2002 - South Florida Gets New Crime Chief
September 19, 2002 - DEA Fighting the Wrong War
September 12, 2002 - City Council to Pass Out Medical Marijuana
September 11, 2002 - ATF Moving to DOJ?
September 10, 2002 - Parents Charged in Son's Overdose
September 10, 2002 - New Exhibit at the DEA Museum
September 09, 2002 - DOJ Victimization Survey
September 06, 2002 - Santa Cruz Fumes Over Medical Pot Bust
September 06, 2002 - Immigration Rights Community Outraged
September 05, 2002 - Canada Addresses Marijuana Reform
September 05, 2002 - DEA Raids Center for Terminally Ill Women
September 05, 2002 - The LAPD Needs Bill Bratton
September 03, 2002 - NoJailForPot.com
August 31, 2002 - Why Do We Execute?
August 29, 2002 - "Has anyone unknown to you?"
August 28, 2002 - Settlement in Teen Informant Case
August 28, 2002 - Justice Rule To Bar Immigrants' Return
August 27, 2002 - N.H. College Drug Busts
August 25, 2002 - Chinese Lawyer Has Success Defending Death-Row Cases
August 21, 2002 - New Federal Money Laundering Report
August 20, 2002 - N.J. Settles Racial Profiling Case
August 19, 2002 - Dignity Denied: New Report
August 18, 2002 - Truth or Lie: Polygraphs Abound
August 17, 2002 - Can You Pass this FBI Test?
August 17, 2002 - Breaking the Chains: Color and Drugs
August 16, 2002 - Jury of Peers? Only if You're Clueless
August 15, 2002 - Mexico's Fox Makes the Right Call
August 15, 2002 - The Risks Informants Take
August 13, 2002 - Rosyln Carter Calls for Halt to Death Penalty
August 12, 2002 - SEC Chief Threatens Corporate Lawyers
August 11, 2002 - Pot and Federalism
August 09, 2002 - Anatomy of an Execution
August 09, 2002 - Polygraph Hypocrisy
August 08, 2002 - NY Trial Begins Over Indigent Defense Fees
August 06, 2002 - Nevada Cops Support Marijuana Reform
August 05, 2002 - Guns and Crime: Fallacious Reasoning
August 04, 2002 - School Drug Prevention Programs Questioned
August 02, 2002 - Nevada Takes the Lead
August 01, 2002 - Cancer and HIV Patients Needed for Pot Study
July 30, 2002 - What is Justice?
July 30, 2002 - War on Drugs: A War on Ourselves
July 29, 2002 - Tulia, Texas
July 27, 2002 - Time to End Felony Disenfranchisement
July 26, 2002 - Could the End Be in Sight?
July 24, 2002 - Guards' Negligence Results in Repeated Rape of 19 Year Old
July 23, 2002 - DEA Imports Heroin - Safety Concerns
July 21, 2002 - Bring Back Justice
July 19, 2002 - Ex-NY Police Commissioner Vies for LA Chief's Position
July 17, 2002 - Drug Companies and the Death Penalty
July 12, 2002 - Just Say No to National ID Cards
July 11, 2002 - Sentencing Departure for Son of Gravano
July 11, 2002 - NY Cops To Use Bracelets and Tracking Devices
July 10, 2002 - New Juvenile Justice Report on Latino and Latina Youth
July 10, 2002 - Marijuana Update
July 05, 2002 - The "Sin Bin" - Launch of "John TV" is Official
July 01, 2002 - New Report on Mentally Ill Offenders
June 30, 2002 - Melodramatic hyperbole and doomsday warnings
June 24, 2002 - International Criminal Court to Start July 1
June 23, 2002 - Politically Speaking....

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