Tag Archives: due process

Baltimore’s Problem, and America’s

Originally published at National Review by Conrad Black | May 6, 2015
The criminal-justice system is a disaster. It would be ungracious of me not to acknowledge with gratitude the column on Sunday of my old friend Fareed Zakaria, citing several sources, including me, as he recounts the almost unmitigated moral bankruptcy of the U.S. criminal-justice system. Continue Reading

The Overcriminalization Debate: A Primer

Originally published at National Review by Jonathan Keim, Skilling v. US, Yates v. US| April 6, 2015
Second to military force, criminal law is the government’s most dangerous weapon. Recognizing its potential for misuse, the Western legal tradition has developed a wide variety of legal barriers to ensure that the punishments and stigmas of “criminal” are applied only to the people that deserve them. Continue Reading