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Our Right to Trial by Jury is Under Attack

by | Mar 29, 2017 | ,

The Supreme Court Can Affirm and Protect it Today, the Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments in a case that raises important questions regarding both the right to counsel and trial by jury. Jae Lee came to the United States from South Korea in 1982. At the time, he was just a boy in the care of his parents. Now 48 years old, Lee has lived in the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident for decades. He went to school in New York, but eventually moved to Memphis and got into the restaurant business. According to federal prosecutors, Lee also became a small time drug dealer and, after his...

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Worst Misconduct in November: Albuquerque Police Department

by | Dec 7, 2016 | ,

From the Cato Institute's National Police Misconduct Reporting Project So for November, we’ve selected the Albuquerque Police Department, (APD) which is now under investigation, again, for misconduct. Here’s the background.  After numerous complaints from community leaders, the Department of Justice (DOJ) launched an investigation of the APD.  In April 2014, the DOJ announced its finding that there was indeed a pattern of excessive force by the APD.  Police officials promised to change and improve. Shortly thereafter, an APD officer shot and killed 19 yr old Mary Hawkes.  It looks like...

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Tim Lynch

Tim Lynch is the director of Cato’s project on criminal justice, which, under his direction, has become a leading voice in support of the Bill of Rights and civil liberties. His research interests include the War on Terror, overcriminalization, the drug war, the militarization of police tactics, and gun control. In 2000 he served on the National Committee to Prevent Wrongful Executions. Lynch has also filed several amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court in cases involving constitutional rights. He is the editor of In the Name of Justice: Leading Experts Reexamine the Classic Article “The Aims of the Criminal Law” and After Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century.


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Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

Israel Winner of the 2003 Iraq Oil War

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From the Foreword by Lawrence B. Wilkerson: “[T]he debate over whether oil was a principal reason for the 2003 invasion has waxed and waned, with one camp arguing that it absolutely was, while the other argues the precise opposite.” “Mr. Vogler, himself a former...

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