Outside the Beltway

Innocent people have gone to jail, and some of them are still sitting there.

While the United States has some serious problems with policing, we’re not a police state.

Trayvon Martin’s autopsy shows injuries to his knuckles, which bolsters George Zimmerman’s claim that there was a fight, a Florida television station reports.

The Germans are taking this austerity thing a little far: their police fired only 85 shots at humans last year.

Danny Lesh freely admits to stealing a bicycle–back from the thief who stole it from him.

The attack appears to be based on long-standing animus and not revenge for Trayvon.

The Rule Of Law is incompatible with political rabble rousing

Another potential scandal in New Orleans.

John Edwards is a pathetic human being, but that doesn’t mean he’s necessarily a criminal.

An unusual proceeding, but an unsurprising result.

Alan Dershowitz says the prosecutor who charged George Zimmerman with second degree murder of Trayvon Martin was “irresponsible and unethical” and politically motivated.

It’s time to let the criminal justice system do its job.

William Todd committed at least nine felonies in the span of ten hours in Nashville.

A Federal Court rejects an effort to significantly expand the application of a law designed to target computer hacking.

The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case takes yet another bizarre turn.

The US Supreme Court ruled today that police can strip search anyone they decide to arrest for anything for any reason.

The media circus around the shooting of Trayvon Martin is getting worse.

A news report today provides an excellent lesson in why all the rushing to judgment in the Martin/Zimmerman case is a mistake.

While I do not support a rush to legal judgment or mob justice, I see no problem in forming opinions.

Looking also at Zimmerman’s 911 call and who pursued whom.

Solutions come from understanding, not denial or political posturing

George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin met on the night of February 27th. Martin died, and a firestorm has erupted.

Dharun Ravi was convicted of bias intimidation toward Tyler Clementi. It’s not at all clear that he should have been.

Another death row inmate. Another case of prosecutorial misconduct from the office of Harry Connick, Sr.

Domestic dispute or criminal act?