LawNews
A bipartisan task force created by Congress to develop ways to reduce the costly, overburdened federal prison population is recommending that lawmakers abandon a “one… Read More
LawNews
The Criminal Justice Committee was always an odd fit for Rep. Ed McBroom, a state lawmaker and dairy farmer representing a rural area of Michigan…. Read More
LawNews
A new report from a government watchdog criticized the Drug Enforcement Administration for working with a Transportation Security Administration security screener to flag bags containing large… Read More
LawNews
A 71-year-old woman in Rock Island County, Ill., found herself in the middle of the complex system of civil forfeiture laws as she successfully fought… Read More
LawNews
Seeking to settle a dispute that threatens to block bipartisan progress toward a deal on criminal justice reform, the Senate’s conservative leader on the issue… Read More
LawNews
As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver a State of the Union address that is certain to include a nudge for Congress to act on… Read More
LawNews
Conservatives pushing for easing mandatory minimum prison sentences are using an unlikely selling point to their instinctively tough-on-crime colleagues: the story of Oregon ranchers whose… Read More
LawCommentary
One of the largest and most significant civil forfeiture programs has just been suspended and possibly ended. Last week, the Justice Department announced that it… Read More
LawNews
The Justice Department is halting a controversial program that allows law enforcement to keep most of the proceeds of cash and property they seize from Americans… Read More
LawNews
In nine courts around the country, trial lawyers and judges work together in extracting large sums of money from people who may not deserve it,… Read More
