by Katie Greer | Oct 3, 2017 | Mens Rea Reform
This post originally appeared on the Right on Crime blog on October 3, 2017. Senator Orrin Hatch brought the issue of over-criminalization to the Senate floor Monday afternoon. With the ever-increasing number of regulations on the books, he underscored the importance... read moreby Michael Haugen | Jan 29, 2016 | Mens Rea Reform
Last Friday, Ilya Shapiro and Randal John Meyer of the Cato Institute published an article at National Review—“Obama’s Weaponized Justice Department”–highlighting an increasing tendency of the department under the current administration of pursuing litigation against... read moreby Michael Haugen | Jan 26, 2016 | Mens Rea Reform
As Congress has begun to consider various reforms to the federal criminal justice system in the last several months—sentencing and re-entry policies in particular—another element of federal law that merits consideration is beginning to receive its due, as well:... read more