Today, the US Supreme Court voted in the much-watched case of Baze v. Reese that lethal injection...
Crime and Punishment
Bush & Second Chances
650,000 Americans are paroled from prison each year. Within 12 months, around half will be back...
LA to FEDS: BACK OFF on Medical Marijuana!
On Wednesday, the LA City Council passed a resolution that asks Federal law enforcement to mind its...
Just Say NO to Murder? How about NO to Politics?
I don’t want to seem like a killjoy, but I don’t think asking politely is quite the...
Writing Guantanamo
In the upcoming April 17 issue of the New York Review of Books, veteran investigative reporter...
The James Q Wilson Factor – Part Deux
It turns out I was not the only person annoyed by Sunday’s James Q. Wilson Op Ed. Texas...