LawNews
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee is urging the Justice Department, Treasury Department, and Internal Revenue Service to return… Read More
LawCommentary
The Florida state Senate recently voted unanimously in support of a major civil forfeiture reform package. On Tuesday the Florida House of Representatives followed suit, voting… Read More
LawNews
Conservative criminal justice reform advocates are making the case that reducing the prison population, treating drug addiction, and giving a second chance to lawbreakers are… Read More
LawNews
OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma state Sen. Kyle Loveless is not backing down. The Republican has been called a liar and a socialist, in the pocket of organized… Read More
LawNews
GRADY COUNTY, OKLA.— When Stephen Mills learned that the Grady County Sheriff’s Department seized his Ford F-250 back in 2010, he figured it would be… Read More
LawNews
Sen. Mike Lee believes that the Senate fight over the next Supreme Court nominee will help the chances of a criminal justice reform overhaul passing… Read More
LawNews
A state lawmaker is moving to close a bizarre regulatory loophole that prohibits residents from holding potlucks in their own home or church. Arizona state Rep. Kelly… Read More
LawCommentary
In yet another egregious case of civil asset forfeiture abuse, Michigander John Gutowski was forced to spend years fighting the government to reclaim over $250,000… Read More
LawNews
A federal court delivered a victory to a North Carolina convenience store owner from whom the IRS had seized $107,700, directing the government to reimburse… Read More
LawNews
Just days before the Oklahoma legislature kicked off this year’s session, three law enforcement groups began lobbying lawmakers to oppose a bill that would make… Read More
LawCommentary
Recently the Maryland legislature undertook a historic vote to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a modest civil asset forfeiture reform package (S.B. 528). On Jan…. Read More
LawCommentary
MADISON, Wis.—Mandrel Stuart and his young attorney found out firsthand the power of law enforcement to take what it wants through civil asset forfeiture. In August… Read More
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
LawCommentary
Last week The Heritage Foundation’s Jason Snead wrote about the new FAA drone registry: This week, the Federal Aviation Administration announced the formation of a… Read More
LawNews
Texas is infested with more speed traps than any other state, according to a new study by the National Motorists Association. The NMA compiled five… Read More
LawNews
A sought-after album from the rap group Wu-Tang Clan could wind up in the hands of the federal government following the arrest of the pharmaceutical… Read More
LawNews
President Barack Obama shortened the sentences of 95 federal inmates on Friday, in his latest mark on a bipartisan push to reduce prison overcrowding and… Read More
LawFeature
NEWBERRY, S.C.—He was never supposed to come back, but Douglas Lindsay is home now, 19 years later, where some things never change. “You’ll be in… Read More
LawFeature
NEWBERRY, S.C.—Douglas Lindsay was supposed to serve life in prison for a first-time, nonviolent drug crime. But in July, after 19 years, Lindsay was one… Read More
LawNews
The federal government, by taking Americans’ property through civil forfeiture, raked in more money last year than burglars did. According to crime data from the… Read More
LawCommentary
On Sept. 14, Ahmed Mohamed took what he calls a homemade clock to MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas. Apparently believing that Mohamed sought to… Read More
