One of the hallmarks of the American criminal justice system is the development of what is called the Exclusionary Rule: the legal principle that says that evidence obtained by the police through unconstitutional actions should not be admitted at trial against a...
If you have not heard of the concept of "civil asset forfeiture," you can consider yourself lucky that you haven't had to suffer the ill effects of this highly questionable law enforcement practice. Civil asset forfeiture allows law enforcement to take property from...
The topic of "mandatory minimums" - or mandatory minimum criminal sentences - has gotten a lot of attention in the news lately. President Obama even made history in Oklahoma last year by becoming the first sitting president to visit a prison when he came to the El...
