Law/Justice

Trial By Fury
After the revelations about prisoner abuse and flimsy terrorism cases, is it time to reconsider the fate of John Walker Lindh?
By Susan Orenstein
November/December 2004 Issue

Trial and Error
With John Edwards in their sights, Republican spin doctors are railing against an epidemic of "lawsuit abuse" -- but the facts don't support the rhetoric.
By Stephanie Mencimer
September/October 2004 Issue

Locked Out by the System
Jennifer Gonnerman gets it right in her merciless look at the human fallout of New York's drug laws.
Reviewed By Debra J. Dickerson
March/April 2004 Issue

The Making of the Corporate Judiciary
How big business is quietly funding a judicial revolution in the nation's courts.
By Michael Scherer
November/December 2003 Issue

Lie Detector Roulette
Everyone admits that polygraphs are unreliable. So why are government employees subjected to tests that can ruin their careers?
By Brendan I. Koerner
November/December 2002 Issue

Jailhouse Talk
On Friday nights, prisoners across Texas tune in to hear the voice of a gay ex-con and -- just maybe -- a message from home.
By Laura Fraser
November/December 2002 Issue

Small Town Justice
It's not just Berkeley and Cambridge. Now some Southern towns are joining the call for a moratorium on the death penalty.
By Bob Burtman
September/October 2002 Issue

Steel Town Lockdown
Corrections Corporation of America is trying to turn Youngstown, Ohio, into the private-prison capital of the world.
By Barry Yeoman
May/June 2000 Issue

Calculating the Risk
Does the death penalty protect innocent life, or endanger it? As fatal errors escalate, voters may reconsider capital punishment.
By William Saletan
July/August 2000 Issue

The Great American Lockdown
By Joe Davidson
March/April 2001 Issue

By Reason of Insanity
With few legal protections for mentally ill defendants, some states are routinely executing people guilty of acts of madness.
By Ken Silverstein
September/October 2001 Issue

Innocence by Association
Mumia Abu-Jamal has put a human face on the death penalty. But not all his supporters agree on what he stands for.
By Sara Kelly
March/April 1999 Issue

Opportunity Knocks
One common response to crime is to retreat into blissful ignorance, but ignorance is a significant risk factor for becoming a victim of crime.
By Michael Castleman
May/June 1995 Issue

Getting to First Base
There's an alternative to "three strikes your out"There's an alternative to "three strikes your out"--but it requires coaches.
By Dale Maharidge
May/June 1994 Issue

Dirty Justice
Will Clinton clean up the mess in a department still plagued by scandal and corruption?
By Stephen Pizzo
March/April 1993 Issue

Shredded Justice
Did twelve years of criminal misconduct at the Justice Department culminate in the destruction of incriminating documents?
By Stephen Pizzo with Mary Fricker & Kevin Hogan
January/February 1993 Issue

Locked Out by the System Jennifer Gonnerman gets it right in her merciless look at the human fallout of New York's drug laws.
Reviewed By Debra J. Dickerson
March/April 2004 Issue

Think Different
Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use By Jacob Sullum. Tarcher/Putnam.
Reviewed By Joshua Wolf Shenk
May/June 2003 Issue

Heroin Heroes
The United States propped up the KLA in the Kosovo conflict. With Milosevic gone, and no one in control, the former freedom fighters are now transforming the province into a major conduit for global drug trafficking.
By Peter Klebnikov
January/February 2000 Issue

Trouble in Coca County
For community workers on Colombia's cocaine frontier, the war on drugs is getting personal.
By Kirk Semple
November/December 2000 Issue

Cease Fire
As the NRA's chief lobbyist, Tanya Metaksa has been one of the most powerful women in Washington. Guns are her life. So what's she so afraid of?
By Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
March/April 1997 Issue

"Good Morning Gun Lobby!" The NRA's theme for the '96 election is "family values." But under patriarch Neal Knox, the NRA's own family is torn by hidden conflict.
By Robert Dreyfuss
July/August 1996 Issue

Who We Kill
For every attacker shot and killed in self-defense, 130 Americans are killed by guns for other reasons.
March/April 1996 Issue

Why Johnny Can Shoot
The firearms industry uses federal tax dollars to promote guns--and gun politics--to school kids as young as 9.
By Susan Glick and Josh Sugarmann
January/February 1995 Issue

Reverse Fire
The Brady Bill won't break the sick hold guns have on America. It's time for tougher measures.
By Josh Sugarmann
January/February 1994 Issue

Showing Holes
The once-mighty NRA is wounded--but still dangerous.
By Peter H. Stone
January/February 1994 Issue

The Second's Missing Half
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
January/February 1994 Issue

Liability
Can weapons manufacturers be held liable for the damage their products cause people?
By Peter H. Stone
January/February 1994 Issue

The Right to (Teddy) Bears & Arms Guess which one has more manufacturing regulations?
By Julie Petersen and Ariel Sabar
January/February 1994 Issue