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• Bad Boys
  A rogue’s gallery of misbehaving prosecutors, plus three worth praising
  Radley Balko
  June 27, 2011
• The Crime Rate Puzzle
  Did incarceration reduce the crime rate, or did it get in the way?
  Radley Balko
  June 20, 2011
• Wrongful Convictions
  How many innocent Americans are behind bars?
  Radley Balko
  June 7, 2011
• Constitutional Refuseniks
  Stewart Rhodes on his controversial group the Oath Keepers and the orders they won't obey
  Radley Balko
  April 11, 2011
• Failing Upward in Criminal Justice
  The prosecutor who wrongly put a paraplegic in prison wants to be a judge.
  Radley Balko
  March 22, 2011
• How Drug Cops Go Bad
  We shouldn't be surprised when the police officers we ask to break the laws they enforce turn corrupt.
  Radley Balko
  March 21, 2011
• The Loughner Panic
  Breaking down the media/political breakdown over the Tucson massacre
  Nick Gillespie, Jesse Walker, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Brian Doherty, Radley Balko, Ronald Bailey and Jacob Sullum
  March 14, 2011
• Getting Forensics Right
  The forensics system is finally getting some national attention, but reformers aren't addressing the real problem.
  Radley Balko
  March 14, 2011
• Leviathan's Lawyers
  Obama's stand against DOMA raises the question: Why don't presidents stick up for the Constitution more often?
  Radley Balko
  March 7, 2011
• You Can Have Sex With Them; Just Don't Photograph Them
  A former cop's 15-year prison sentence illustrates the absurdity of federal child porn laws.
  Radley Balko
  February 28, 2011
• The Mind of a Police Dog
  How misconceptions about dogs can lead to abuse of humans
  Radley Balko
  February 21, 2011
• Sticklers for Procedure
  Ohio's Supreme Court reverses an acquittal in yet another outrageous sex abuse prosecution.
  Radley Balko
  February 14, 2011
• The Anti-Cop Trend That Isn't
  Despite breathless media reports, there is little evidence that violence against police officers is on the rise.
  Radley Balko
  January 31, 2011
• A Beating in Pittsburgh
  A year after three cops beat an unarmed music student, they are still getting paid to do nothing.
  Radley Balko
  January 24, 2011
• Justice for Sal
  After five years, the family of a Virginia optometrist killed by a SWAT team finally gets some closure.
  Radley Balko
  January 17, 2011
• The Year in Clemency
  The major pardon and commutation stories of 2010
  Radley Balko
  January 10, 2011
• Beyond Bars
  A new project has conservatives thinking more seriously about crime.
  Radley Balko
  December 20, 2010
• The SWAT Team Would Like to See Your Alcohol Permit
  How police use regulatory inspections to conduct warrantless searches
  Radley Balko
  December 13, 2010
• The War on Cameras
  It has never been easier—or more dangerous—to record the police.
  Radley Balko
  December 7, 2010
• The Continuing Saga of Steven Hayne
  The latest developments in the story of America's most industrious medical examiner
  Radley Balko
  December 6, 2010
• Covering Their Assets
  After being exposed for violating the state's forfeiture law, Indiana officials scramble to codify their abuses.
  Radley Balko
  November 29, 2010
• The Cake Is a Lie
  A prosecutor pulls a preposterous stunt in a murder case and gets rewarded for it.
  Radley Balko
  November 22, 2010
• Brian Aitken's Mistake
  A New Jersey man gets seven years for being a responsible gun owner.
  Radley Balko
  November 15, 2010
• The Media Aren't Liberal
  Prop. 19 highlights the authoritarian tendencies of the mainstream press.
  Radley Balko
  November 1, 2010
• More Democracy, More Incarceration
  The devastating mix of politics and crime policy
  Radley Balko
  October 25, 2010
• America's Most Successful Stop Snitchin' Campaign
  The failure to protect whistle-blowing cops is inexcusable.
  Radley Balko
  October 18, 2010
• Abolish Drunk Driving Laws
  If lawmakers are serious about saving lives, they should focus on impairment, not alcohol.
  Radley Balko
  October 11, 2010
• Confirmation Theater
  Elena Kagan is set to participate in a confirmation process she once dismissed as a charade
  Radley Balko
  September 28, 2010
• Misbehaving Federal Prosecutors
  A USA Today investigation finds egregious misconduct at the Department of Justice, with few consequences.
  Radley Balko
  September 27, 2010
• How to Record the Cops
  A guide to the technology for keeping government accountable
  Radley Balko
  September 20, 2010
• The Case for Bifurcated Trials
  How we can narrow the odds of seeing another Cameron Todd Willingham.
  Radley Balko
  September 13, 2010
• Killed on a Technicality
  Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood wants to execute a man based on discredited forensic testimony from a disgraced dentist.
  Radley Balko
  September 7, 2010
• Needs More RAM
  Another drug raid gone bad
  Radley Balko
  August 31, 2010
• North Carolina's Corrupted Crime Lab
  A damning state report finds systematic abuse, including in death penalty cases.
  Radley Balko
  August 23, 2010
• The Government's License To Steal
  Indiana's laws prohibiting police departments from enriching themselves via asset forfeiture would be much more effective if they weren't ignored.
  Radley Balko
  August 16, 2010
• "Police Officers Don't Check Their Civil Rights at the Station House Door"
  Three law enforcement officials defend the arrest of citizens who record on-duty cops.
  Radley Balko
  August 9, 2010
• Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse
  Unless you work in law enforcement
  Radley Balko
  August 2, 2010
• Justice for Johannes Mehserle
  The involuntary manslaughter verdict for Oscar Grant's killer may not be popular, but it is appropriate.
  Radley Balko
  July 12, 2010
• A Case Study in Local News Futility
  A Pennsylvania TV station utterly botches an important story about police officers and transparency.
  Radley Balko
  July 7, 2010
• Police Blackout
  Law enforcement agencies in Northern Virginia say you have no right to know what they’re doing.
  Radley Balko
  June 29, 2010
• Confirmation Theater
  Elena Kagan is set to participate in a confirmation process she once dismissed as a charade
  Radley Balko
  June 28, 2010
• Another Marylander Arrested for Recording the Police
  According to state officials, only on-duty cops have a privacy right in public spaces.
  Radley Balko
  June 21, 2010
• Lessons from the Death of Aiyana Stanley-Jones
  How aggressive SWAT tactics contributed to the death of a 7-year-old Detroit girl.
  Radley Balko
  May 24, 2010
• The Subversive Vending Machine
  The liberatory history of automated commerce
  Radley Balko
  May 21, 2010
• Pre-Crime Policing
  Allegedly “disgruntled” man has his guns seized, and “voluntarily” surrenders to two SWAT teams and dozens of police officers for a crime that hadn’t been committed
  Radley Balko
  May 19, 2010
• Oh, You Mean Those Quotas
  The NYPD stop-and-frisk controversy grows.
  Radley Balko
  May 17, 2010
• A Drug Raid Goes Viral
  A violent drug raid posted to YouTube catches fire online. But the only thing unusual about the raid is that it was caught on video.
  Radley Balko
  May 11, 2010
• Gin, Girls, and Governance
  Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman on personal freedom, free speech, and the state
  Radley Balko
  May 10, 2010
• How Many More Are Innocent?
  America’s 250th DNA exoneration raises questions about how often we send the wrong person to prison.
  Radley Balko
  April 29, 2010
• Watching the Detectives
  A nebulous "right" to videotape on-duty cops isn't enough. The right needs to be enforced.
  Radley Balko
  April 26, 2010

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