Crime and Punishment



Chicago Mayoral Candidate Advocated Zeroing Out Police Budgets in 2020

Not even three years ago, current Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson didn’t think “defunding the police” went far nearly enough. Not if that meant cutting the budget for law enforcement, anyway. Instead, he wanted to…


Taft: Why is it ‘Cartel Violence’ When It’s South of the Border, But It’s ‘Gun Violence’ Here?

As you are well aware, the [west coast] is among the most confused and Leftist areas of the country. Confused because Washington, Oregon, and California have made themselves sanctuaries for all manner of lawbreakers by…



Sullum: Conservatives’ Attitudes About Marijuana Prohibition Beginning to Align With Their Attitudes About Gun Prohibition

The marijuana that alarmed [Officer Jeronimo] Yanez also figured in public comments about the [Philando Castile] shooting by Dana Loesch, a conservative radio host who at the time was a spokeswoman for the National Rifle…



DC Police Chief Floats an Idea for Reducing Violent Crime That’s So Radical It Just Might Work

As crime continues to skyrocket in the nation’s Capitol, Metropolitan Police Department Police Chief Robert Contee has come up with a truly radical idea for addressing the problem: stop releasing criminals back onto the streets and…


So a Naked Woman Walked Into a Virginia Man’s Home and Attacked Him With an Iron Skillet . . .

Virginia might be for lovers, but a Carroll County Virginia woman apparently didn’t get the memo. In a story that started off like a bad Penthouse Forum letter, an unclothed woman allegedly walked into a…


DA Stands Behind Special Prosecutor in Alec Baldwin’s Attempt to Disqualify Her

A district attorney in Santa Fe fought back Monday against efforts to disqualify the special prosecutor pursuing manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film…