Is a Gun Loaded If the Bullets Are Beside It?
For proof that prosecutors will apply laws in ways that are at odds with societal expectations, look no further than the case of Oriol Dor…. Read More
Zero Dark Giggles: Baby Deer Gets the SWAT Team Treatment
An otherwise quiet day in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was interrupted by the shrill sound of police sirens. Thirteen armed law enforcement personnel surrounded a barn on… Read More
Missed Paying One Ticket? Go Directly to Jail
She was handcuffed and hauled to the police station. She was fingerprinted and photographed. She was interrogated. She was strip-searched, given a jumpsuit, and locked… Read More
Flashing Headlights as a Felony: Why Helping Reduce Crime Shouldn’t Be Criminal
Most people have probably done it. Some, if pressed, might concede that it isn’t the right thing to do. But most people probably wouldn’t think… Read More
Why Florida Police Shouldn’t Have Arrested a Gator for Barking at a Dog
Most people would agree that deliberately interfering with ongoing police investigations should be illegal. In that light, the news that University of Florida linebacker Antonio… Read More
Arrested for a Life Vest: When Good Intentions Make Bad Law
Erika Doring has devoted her life and career to children. She was a counselor with child protective services for 10 years and now owns Cutie… Read More
Writing with Sidewalk Chalk Can Earn You Hard Time?
Jeff Olson has no criminal record, has hurt no one, and has done no significant damage to anyone’s property. And he nearly ended up in… Read More
Diverted from the Straight and Narrow Path for Diverting Sewage
After decades of striving to obey the law and teaching his children to do the same, Lawrence Lewis turned to crime. His offense? Diverting sewage… Read More
D.C. Police to Scalpers: One Strike and You’re Jailed
Ordering the police to arrest every lawbreaker, no matter how trivial the offense or harmless the offender, appeals to legislators who want to appear “tough… Read More
D.C. Metro to “Phantom Planter”: Stop Planting Flowers, Or Else!
“It’s sort of beyond the scope of what you would imagine some private citizen would do,” said Washington, D.C., Metro spokesman Dan Stessel of Henry… Read More
