Opinion
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Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Proposed for Ohio
Opinion -A state lawmaker is introducing a bill to reform Ohio’s statutes permitting law enforcement agents to seize people’s cash and property without first proving a crime has occurred. State Rep. -
Michigan Lawmaker Proposes Removing Outdated Laws
Opinion -A Michigan lawmaker is spearheading an effort to remove outdated or useless laws from the state’s books. House Bill 4248, sponsored by state Rep. -
Rauner’s Latest Executive Order Establishes Criminal Justice Reform Commission
Opinion -Illinois needs to do a better job of ensuring criminals don’t reoffend, Gov. Bruce Rauner said Wednesday at the Sangamon County Courthouse. -
In Missouri, Traffic Fines Double as Revenue Boosters
Opinion -Months after the tragic police incident in Ferguson, Missouri, St. Louis County policing practices have been under scrutiny by critics. -
Fish-Discarding Case Reaches Supreme Court
Opinion -When Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002, it was hailed as a law protecting investors and combating accounting fraud. -
Federal Investigators Caught ‘Catfishing’ with Woman’s Seized Pics
Opinion -Online dating sites and social media networks such as Facebook or Twitter are sometimes littered with fake profiles of attractive young women, tempting lonely Internet users. -
Private Companies Mimic Government’s ‘Choke Point’ Program
Opinion -Earlier this year, an innovative new credit-card processing service company quietly changed its terms of service to exclude legitimate firearms transactions, seemingly falling into compliance with federal law-enforcement agencies’ crackdown on certain -
Louisiana Homeowners Wary of Government-Backed Spycam Network
Opinion -Law enforcement officials in suburban Louisiana are backing a new distributed surveillance program which some say represents a creepy invasion of privacy by the government. -
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District Court Rebukes State Regulators’ Hair-Raising Raids
Opinion -In September, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a stinging 44-page rebuke to Orange County police officers, for their role in a SWAT-style, warrantless raid executed against an Orlando, Florida barber shop catering -
Homeowners’ Lawsuit Challenges Pa. Practice of Police Asset Seizures
Opinion -Every ninety minutes, law enforcement officials in Philadelphia confiscate the property of individuals who may not have been charged with or convicted of any criminal activity. -
Prosecutors Seek Restart of Wisconsin ‘John Doe’ Probe in Appeals Court
Opinion -Wisconsin prosecutors have pursued an aggressive “John Doe” investigation into political advocacy for more than two years, seeking evidence of illegal political coordination between conservative organizations and politicians. -
‘Rolling Thunder’ Nets Big Bucks, Few Arrests for South Carolina Cops
Opinion -Scouring I-85 and I-26 for motorists, almost 90 officers from 21 different law enforcement agencies conducted their annual “Operation Rolling Thunder” last October in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. -
Minnesota Steps Closer to Ending ‘Policing for Profit’
Opinion -Property rights in Minnesota received added protections when Governor Mark Dayton signed into law SF 874, which will require property owners to first be convicted of a drug crime before their property can be seized through forfeiture. -
Board Shoots Down Pension Claim, Calls for Investigation of Prosecutor
Opinion -A Camden, N.J., police sergeant’s plan to get a disability pension by having his wife shoot him missed the target by nearly two million dollars. -
Is This Why We Hire Cops? This Ain’t Your Grandpa’s PD
Opinion -It’s a commercial that’s been playing across New Mexico for weeks now: A 30-second spot encouraging people to apply to the Hobbs Police Department, offering high pay and good benefits. -
Colorado Teachers Flock to Gun Classes
Opinion -At a free class this spring, more than 200 Colorado teachers became certified to carry a concealed weapon, but lawmakers turned down legislation to let them carry a firearm in school. -
Raft of Bills Aim to Make Louisiana Smart on Crime
Opinion -Louisiana has the nation’s highest rate of incarceration. There are a number of reasons for the dramatic growth of the state's prison population over the past two decades, but one important factor is the rise of determinate sentencing laws. -
Lawmaker: Police ‘Out of Control’ With Property Seizures
Opinion -Jacque Sutton didn’t commit any crime but police impounded his 1989 Mustang GT and charged him $900 to get it back. His offense was attending a party in 2009 at an art gallery in Detroit that didn't have a permit to hold an event with dancing and DJs. -
Critics Blast Pennsylvania City’s ‘One-Strike’ Property Law
Opinion -Adam Peters has lost out on $625 each of the past three months. -
Report: Reform Sentencing to Cut Prison Spending, Improve Public Safety
Opinion -Louisiana has the highest per-capita incarceration rate in the country and has seen its prison population and expenditures more than double in the past 20 years. -
No Crime Committed, But Feds Seize Bank Account Anyway
Opinion -Can the government use civil forfeiture to take your money when you have done nothing wrong—and then pocket the proceeds? -
Skilling Resentencing: The Other Side of the Story
Opinion -On June 22 of this year, federal Judge Sim Lake approved a 10-year reduction in the sentence meted out to former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling in 2006. In exchange, Skilling has agreed to abandon any appeals. -
Pennsylvania’s ‘Most Corrupt Court’ Could be Closed
Opinion -It’s been called the most corrupt court in Pennsylvania. And now it soon could be no more.