Todd Entrekin, the sheriff of the small Alabama county of Etowah, recently found himself in the national spotlight when an Alabama newspaper discovered that over the course of three years he pocketed at least $750,000 budgeted for feeding the people detained in his...
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Colorado Pedophile Sentenced to 316 Years in Prison Walks Free on Technicality
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. Grand Junction, CO — A Colorado district attorney says he’s “appalled” by a criminal justice system that “completely failed” this week, as a man previously convicted of sexually assaulting half a dozen children —...
The Seen and the Catastrophic Unseen in Our Criminal Justice System
Thank you. Thank you to the Reason Foundation, and to the judges who saw merit in my work and honored me with this award. It's especially validating to get an award named after Bastiat—an award for which people like Milton Friedman and James Buchanan once served as...
When the State Tries the State, the State Always Wins
On Friday, Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder charges stemming from the 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. Many of the people of St. Louis have responded to the verdict with protests that have turned violent. Mr. Stockley, who was a St. Louis...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A US Ally or Danger to the World?
Donald Trump was in the news over the weekend because he made his first foreign trip to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. President Trump and his family were greeted at the airport by King Salman, who rode to the Ritz Carlton hotel with the President. Later in the...
Public Good or Public Bad?
From the June 17, 2016 edition of The Weekly Abolitionist: Public Good or Public Bad? If you ask an economist to suggest areas where the state should be involved, one answer you’re likely to hear is that states should provide “public goods.” A public good is a good...
What the Clemency of Chelsea Manning Means About Obama
I was desperately hoping to be wrong last week. I was delighted and surprised that I was indeed mistaken about President Obama being unlikely to pardon army whistleblower Chelsea Manning. My cynicism in the previous column was a challenge to the president, almost an...
A Pox on Both Your Houses
In the opening essay, Professor Teles lays out the problems he sees in meaningful criminal justice reform because of infighting on the political right. For the most part, I agree with his analysis regarding the conflicts within the Republican coalition and the...
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