LawCommentary
Mass Shooters Prefer Gun-Free Zones
An analysis of mass shootings in the United States since the year 2002 shows that gun-wielding mass killers are more likely to strike where the… Read More
SecurityNews
What Rising Murder Rates in US Cities Mean for 2016
The 2015 year in crime was marked by a sharp rise in murder rates in many U.S. cities, including those touched by high-profile incidents between… Read More
LawCommentary
Why Criminal Intent Should be Part of Justice Reform
Critics of mens rea (criminal intent) reform claim it would shield white-collar criminals from prosecution. Rejecting the default criminal intent standard because we are rightfully… Read More
SocietyFeature
Leap of Faith: This Christian Inmate Rehab Program Boasts a Recidivism Rate of Only 10 Percent
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Ron Vaselech estimates he has spent close to 30 years in prisons across the United States. Time has taken its toll on the kind,… Read More
LawCommentary
Is There a Gun Violence Epidemic? The Numbers Say No
The recent mass shooting in Oregon has brought the seemingly endless debate on gun control back into the national spotlight. Are we, as some insist,… Read More
LawCommentary
Exaggerating and Distorting the News ‘While Black’
If you wonder about the bias and lack of objectivity and accuracy of reporters in the mainstream media, look no farther than what they are… Read More
LawCommentary
Should the Government Ask Job Applicants if They Are Felons? The Pros and Cons
This week, the White House announced a pending executive order instructing the Office of Personnel Management to “delay inquiries into criminal history until later in… Read More
LawNews
Obama Announces Executive Action to Help Reintegrate Former Inmates Into Society
President Barack Obama announced a string of proposals Monday to help former inmates reintegrate into their communities in the latest extension of the White House’s… Read More
LawCommentary
Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly Was Right to Defend Police Tactics
Not too long ago cops were seen by most as heroes deserving our respect and gratitude (picture the moments after 9/11). But recent incidents, such… Read More
LawCommentary
This Top Justice Offical Is Wrong. American Culture Isn’t Racist, Discriminatory.
Recently, the acting head of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Principal Deputy Attorney General Vanita Gupta, gave a very long speech for the… Read More
LawCommentary
Why Police Can (Legally) Seize Your Cash
Not many people make a habit of carrying large amounts of cash around. After all, thieves could steal it. How ironic, then, that a growing… Read More
LawCommentary
Pa. Democrat Attorney General Has License Suspended
In a historic move, all five justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have voted to temporarily suspend the law license of the state’s attorney general,… Read More
SocietyNews
San Francisco Jails Adopt New Policy for Transgender Inmates
The San Francisco County Jail will allow transgender inmates to be housed by their gender preference. Announced on Thursday by Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, the first… Read More
LawCommentary
What’s Missing From the Washington Debate on Criminal Justice Reform
There has been a lot of talk lately on Capitol Hill about criminal justice reform, and it is expected that both the House and the… Read More
LawCommentary
Guantanamo Detainee Terror Recidivism Rate Increases
A few years back, Congress decided that they wanted to know how many Guantanamo detainees went back to the fight after their release or transfer…. Read More
SocietyNews
Do Speed Cameras Actually Make Roads Safer? What a New Study Found.
A new study by the non-profit Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is shedding light on the effectiveness of pesky speed cameras, suggesting they may… Read More
LawNews
Friends, Colleagues Remember Murdered Reporter: She Was ‘Going to Rise to the Top’
Alison Parker, 24, was a “go-getter” who was “going to make it big” in broadcast journalism. But her life was cut short after she and… Read More
LawCommentary
Weaponized Drones Are Now Legal in This State
Drones can now legally fight criminals in the United States with non-lethal weapons thanks to a recently amended bill in North Dakota. The law’s author,… Read More
LawCommentary
Can Ashley Madison ‘Victims’ Sue? Here Are Their Legal Options
On July 15, an online hacking group calling themselves “The Impact Team” gained unauthorized access to a website known as Ashley Madison, and on Aug…. Read More
SocietyNews
‘Love Trumps Fear’: Three Pastors Whose Black Churches Were Burned Share Their Stories
Following the devastating June 17 shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C., several black churches across the South have been affected by serious fires. Some… Read More
LawNews
50 Years Ago, a White Seminarian Sacrificed His Life to Save a Black Teen
Earlier this week, hundreds gathered in Hayneville, Ala., to remember the life of civil rights activist Jonathan Myrick Daniels. Daniels, 26 at the time of his… Read More
LawCommentary
The Government Finally Seized Clinton’s Email Server. Now a Full Investigation Can Occur.
A spokesman for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that she has directed her staff to turn over the personal server through which she… Read More
LawNews
A Year After Ferguson Rioters Damaged Her Shop, Woman Rebuilding With Tea Party’s Help Is Robbed Again
This week, on the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death, a familiar image came out of Ferguson, Mo., as protesters faced off against police in… Read More
LawNews
Why 3 Men With All the Power Will Soon Parole More Prisoners in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The three men holding all the power ask the prisoner’s biggest supporters why he deserves to rejoin the free world. “Tell us why this… Read More
LawNews
Cardinals Bring Hope, Healing to St. Louis on Eve of First Anniversary of Ferguson Protests
This time last year, the nation was only beginning to understand the turmoil unfolding on the streets of Ferguson, Mo. African-American teen Michael Brown, 18,… Read More
SocietyFeature
Domestic Sex Trafficking Survivors Find Hope in Small-Town Iowa Halfway Home
DES MOINES, Iowa–At the intersection of two of the nation’s largest highways, I-35 and I-80, sits the Des Moines, Iowa metro area, known for its… Read More
LawFeature
Why Alabama Lets More Convicted Felons Serve Their Time in the Community
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Lawrence Posey has been there, done that. No, he’s been there, done worse. “Believe it or not, all of us are wired up wrong,”… Read More
LawFeature
How Overcrowding Has Forced Alabama to Confront Its Prison Problem
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Inside a maximum-security prison hidden in a nowhere part of Alabama, nearly 1,300 inmates live for the past, most incarcerated for violent… Read More
LawNews
University Cop Who Killed Unarmed Motorist Charged With Murder
The University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot Samuel DuBose during a routine traffic stop on July 19 was indicted on murder charges Wednesday…. Read More
LawNews
Tim Scott: $100-Million Body Camera Bill Will Make Police, Communities Safer
The viral cellphone video showing a police officer fatally shooting Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, in Sen. Tim Scott’s South Carolina hometown spurred the… Read More
