Originally published at National Review by Kevin D. Williamson | 5/31/15
The GOP should turn its attention to prosecutorial misconduct. As the old Vulcan proverb has it, “Only Nixon can go to China.” And only Nixon’s political heirs can fix the persistent — and terrifying — problems that continue to plague this country’s law-enforcement agencies and prosecutors’ offices. Continue Reading
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
Originally published at the National Review by George Will | April 9, 2015
The hyper-proliferation of criminal statutes has put too much power in the hands of prosecutors. What began as a trickle has become a stream that could become a cleansing torrent. Criticisms of the overcriminalization of American life might catalyze an appreciation of the toll the administrative state is taking on the criminal-justice system, and liberty generally. Continue Reading