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23 Oct 2010, 4:35 am
When Radley Balko first interviewed him, Pasco was on the offensive: "Letting people record police officers is an extreme and intrusive response to a problem that’s so rare it might as well not exist. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 4:13 am
Via Radley Balko, MSNBC reports: About 40,000 state laws taking effect at the start of the new year will change rules about getting abortions in New Hampshire, learning about gays and lesbians in California, getting jobs in Alabama and even driving golf carts in Georgia. [read post]
5 May 2010, 7:39 am
Radley Balko posted it. [read post]
24 Apr 2007, 9:02 pm
RADLEY BALKO: If there's one positive that might come out of the Duke imbroglio, it's that the unusual demographics of the parties involved and alliances it spawned may mean some much-needed new scrutiny of the criminal justice system, and win welcome new advocates for reform. [read post]
23 Sep 2014, 9:05 pm
“Shaneen Allen’s prosecutor might be having second thoughts” [Radley Balko, earlier] “If you get a parking ticket, you are guilty until you have proven yourself innocent …. [read post]
19 May 2014, 9:05 pm
Radley Balko weighs in on Philadelphia bodega-robbery scandal: “I want to refer to these thugs as ‘rogue cops,’ but given that [they've thrived] how rogue can they really be? [read post]
5 May 2019, 4:57 am
Writing in the Washington Post, the Radley Balko is playing a great game of 20 questions in the form of this commentary headlined "Here are 20 criminal-justice and civil liberties questions for the 2020 contenders. [read post]
22 Sep 2016, 9:05 pm
Fourth Circuit will review forfeiture case of “pre-conviction, pre-trial restraint of untainted property” [Ilya Shapiro, Cato] “Voodoo Science in the Courtroom: The U.S. has relied on flawed forensic-evidence techniques for decades, falsely convicting many” [Alex Kozinski, WSJ; ABA Journal] “Highest court in Massachusetts throws out another shaken-baby syndrome conviction” [Radley Balko on Boston Globe] Federal judge Andrew Hanen gets… [read post]
14 Oct 2013, 9:05 pm
[Politico, Marler-backed Food Safety News] “Some unanswered questions about private prison quotas” [Paul Gowder, Concurring Opinions] “Smoke A Joint, Lose Your Kids” [Radley Balko] Senate “Stand Your Ground” hearing postponed [earlier]; “From Streaking to Possible Sex Offender to Tragedy” [Free-Range Kids, Reason; related on sex offender registries, Jacob Sullum, ABA Journal] Also related: New app for anonymous… [read post]
3 Jan 2018, 3:03 am
California attorney known for suing bars over “ladies’ nights” sues comedian Iliza Shlesinger over “Girls Night In” show [Gene Maddaus, Variety] “Jury Rejects Damages for Victims of SWAT Raid Based on Wet Tea Leaves Cops Said Was Pot” [Jacob Sullum, Radley Balko, earlier here, here, and here] Before calling Star-Spangled Banner “ode to slavery. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 9:05 pm
Mississippi AG Jim Hood, a longtime Overlawyered fave, finds way to snipe at opposing death penalty counsel [Radley Balko] Police use forced catheterization to obtain urine samples from unwilling suspects. [read post]
27 Jan 2010, 5:23 pm
Original Article 01/25/2010 By Radley Balko The boneheaded logic behind treating "sexting" teens as child pornographers. [read post]
7 Oct 2008, 1:16 pm
Writing over at Slate, Radley Balko has this very interesting critique of Senator Obama's latest campaign talk about crime and justice issues. [read post]
12 Feb 2014, 4:25 am
See Radley Balko for more.The episode may portend changes both in public perceptions about personal use levels of marijuana as well as unjustified deployment of no-knock raids. [read post]
23 Dec 2019, 3:03 am
“A Louisiana DA will let you out of your community service obligation — if you donate to his nonprofit” [Radley Balko; Calcasieu Parish, La.] [read post]
28 Aug 2014, 9:15 pm
Radley Balko: …critics allege that the “key-man” system that many Harris County judges use to pick grand jurors selects for law enforcement officials and their friends, family, and acquaintances. [read post]
30 Dec 2014, 9:05 pm
Lists of lists, if not indeed lists of lists of lists: Lenore Skenazy picks worst school safety overreaction cases of the year [Reason] and worst nanny state cases [Huffington Post] Radley Balko, “Horrifying civil liberties predictions for 2015″, and you won’t need to read far to get the joke [Washington Post] Feds probe NY Speaker Sheldon Silver over pay from law firm — not his big personal injury firm, but an obscure firm that handles tax certiorari… [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 4:41 am
It’s called Peace Officer, and here’s the trailer, including the beloved smiling face of Radley Balko speaking to police militarization: The film is by Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber, who offer this description: Peace Officer is a feature documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of William “Dub” Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained his rural state’s first… [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 1:56 am
To judge by its title, Fox News contributor Radley Balko's latest column ("Straight Talk: Duke Case Shows Justice System's Flaws," April 23) addressed prosecutor misconduct in the Duke lacrosse fiasco, but he used most of his allotted space to compare the incident to police and prosecutor misconduct in Texas, writing:The same week the Duke players were exonerated, another man was cleared of rape charges as well. [read post]
30 Oct 2017, 2:59 am
In Mississippi, a “mother has been forbidden from any contact with her newborn for 14 of the 18 months the child has been alive” because of unpaid misdemeanor fines [Radley Balko, WLBT/MSNewsNow; judge has now resigned, but similar practices reported to be common] Is Biloxi going to do better? [read post]
