Outside the Beltway

A gross miscarriage of justice.

A seemingly innocent black man has been killed, sparking a wave of outrage.

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger was convicted of ,murder in the death of Botham Jean, an innocent man who was murdered for the “crime” of being in his own apartment.

A Florida jury has convicted a man involved in an argument over a parking space of manslaughter, rejecting his attempt to invoke the state’s ‘stand your ground’ law

A Florida man who shot and killed an African-American male amid a parking lot confrontation will face manslaughter charges after all.

A big win for gun control advocates in a deeply Republican state.

The Supreme Court has denied a Kentucky Clerk’s request to stay a ruling requiring her to comply with the law and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

There’s been far too much hysteria and hyperbole when it comes to ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws.

President Obama has once again weighed in on the Trayvon Martin case in a personal manner.

If Stevie Wonder were still touring, he wouldn’t be making stops in states with “Stand Your Ground” laws.

The jury likely got it right. That doesn’t mean George Zimmerman didn’t kill Trayvon Martin or that Martin deserved to die.

Big news in the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case.

Alan Dershowitz thinls the charges against George Zimmerman should be dropped. With due apologies to the good Professor, he’s wrong.

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

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

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