“The sharpest plunge in America’s press freedom rating occurred during the Obama administration — thanks in part to its zealous prosecutions of journalists. Trump is continuing policies started by earlier presidents.”
“In the end, it wasn’t stakeouts or fingerprints or cell phone records that got him. It was a genealogy website.”
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/detectives-cracked-the-golden-state-killer-case-using-genetics/
“What characterizes American government today is not so much dysfunctional politics as it is ruthlessly contrived governance carried out behind the entertaining, distracting and disingenuous curtain of political theater.”
“Fear and loathing of sex offenders lead to results that would be recognized as unjust and illogical in any other context.”
Read more: http://reason.com/blog/2018/04/30/he-has-to-register-as-a-sex-offender-for
“If Prop 66 had been in place when Mr. Benavides was convicted, he’d almost certainly be dead. He’d never have lived to see his exoneration.”
“Cuomo described multiple incidents in which he said ICE agents stormed private property without warning, without identifying themselves and without a warrant to arrest undocumented immigrants.”
“Police admitted to using a photo sent through WhatsApp to cull fingerprints for evidence that successfully led to the conviction of 11 individuals for drug crimes. The story further revealed that this was not just a special-use case.”
“John Collins was standing outside the milk house at his dairy farm this morning when he heard yelling coming from inside. He ran in, he says, and saw his worker, Marcial de Leon Aguilar, pinned up against the window by armed men.”
“It’s a story of how bureaucracy is used to grind down people by distributing their misery among as many public offices as possible.”
Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/04/25/chicago-debt-impound-cars-innocent
“Dookhan was paroled after three years and released from prison before the sentences of those she helped convict were vacated. Despite the clear wrongdoing, the state still fought against dismissing the tainted cases.”