Outside the Beltway

The gang at The Week are surprised that “Only jurors who were open to the death penalty were chosen for the Tsarnaev trial.”

Final justice, but far from the end of the road.

Two of Chris Christie’s closest aides were indicted in connection with the Birdgegate scandal today, a third plead guilty, and Christie’s Presidential ambitions are pretty much dead.

Big news out of Baltimore and, perhaps, the beginning of justice for Freddie Gray.

Ta-Nehisi Coates is insightful and eloquent. He’s wrong in this instance.

Just over a week after a death at the hands of police that remains incredibly suspicious, Baltimore is the sight of violent riots.

In a 6-3 vote that defied traditional expectations, the Justices have limited the ability of police to detain people on the side of the road for long periods of time.

An elite FBI Forensics unit gave flawed and false testimony in cases over a period that lasted more than 20 years.

The parents of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombing argue that his killer should be spared from the death penalty.

TSA abuse stories had kind of disappeared from the news, but they’re back now in a big way.

A volunteer for an Oklahoma Sheriff’s Department killed a suspect thanks to what can only be described as extreme criminal negligence.

An unsurprising outcome as we approach the second anniversary of the bombing at the Boston Marathon.

Thanks to one civilian with a camera, a police officer is facing charges in what appears to clearly be an improper shooting.

Another case of teenagers ‘sexting,’ another dumb overreaction by law enforcement.

As expected, New Jersey’s senior Senator has been indicted.

Bowe Bergdahl will face charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, and the White House’s narrative about this release lies in tatters.

A powerful Democratic Senator looks like he’s about to be in a whole lot of trouble.

Unsurprisingly, Darren Wilson will not face federal charges in connection with the shooting of Michael Brown.

The most widely honored General from the Iraq and Afghanistan War has plead guilty to sharing classified information with his mistress.

Nearly three years to the day after it started, the George Zimmerman case is essentially over.

Not surprisingly, the Federal investigation of the Michael Brown shooting is ending much like the state investigation did.

A victory for evil.

A former Democratic state legislator in Virginia was re-elected last night despite the fact that he’s in jail.

David Petraeus provided highly classified secrets to his mistress. Will he be charged?

The men responsible for the Charlie Hebdo massacre are dead, but the problems for France, and the rest of Europe, may just be at the beginning.

New details in the shooting of 12 year old Tamir Rice raise more questions.

Some will say two years isn’t long enough, but under the circumstances it seems appropriate.

An entirely unsurprising decision from Federal Prosecutors in Washington, D.C.

NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot dead while sitting in their patrol car In Brooklyn. And those suggesting that anyone other than the killer has “blood on their hands” are being absurd.

The Supreme Court says that police who have a “reasonable” misunderstanding of the law can still pull you over.

A hostage crisis has been unfolding overnight at a cafe in Sydney, Australia that has apparent links to international terrorism.

What now?

Chris Rock wants us to remember that Bill Cosby isn’t the only celebrity accused of rape.

Many have suggested that prosecution of cases involving police misconduct should be handled by prosecutors who don’t work with local police departments on a regular basis. They’re right.

Yet another example of the need for context when discussing stats.

An utter journalistic failure from Rolling Stone.

While conservatives have been generally as appalled as others with the news out of Staten Island, some of them are looking in the wrong place for blame.

A former RNC chair says a black man’s life isn’t worth a ham sandwich.

A New York City Grand Jury refuses to indict a cop who appears from all available evidence to choked a guy to death for no good reason.

Michael Brown’s stepfather made incendiary comments in the wake of the Grand Jury announcement, but they do not amount to a crime.