Outside the Beltway

The cover-up at Penn State was, if anything, worse than we thought,.

Jerry Sandusky is in jail, but the evidence of the crimes that were committed to protect him continues to mount.

A Fortune Magazine investigation puts a new spin on Operation Fast And Furious, but questions still remain.

There’s no evidence that Fast & Furious, whatever it was, was a conspiracy to lobby for tighter gun control laws.

America’s Drug War has caused more problems for Mexico than Fast & Furious ever will.

Today, the Supreme Court decided that mandatory life sentences for juveniles violate the 8th Amendment.

Justice.

The conspiracy theories regarding Fast And Furious are simply not believable, but that doesn’t mean the matter shouldn’t be investigated.

Fast and furious, or a lot of sound and fury signifying not too much?

The stage is set for a showdown between the Executive and Legislative Branches.

There is no evidence that the Capital Punishment works.

A Florida Judge has ordered George Zimmerman back to jail.

The John Edwards trial is over. This should be the end of the matter.

Etan Patz went missing 34 years ago tomorrow morning. The mystery of his disappearance may have been solved today.

A surprisingly short sentence in a case that caused a nationwide sensation.

Alan Dershowitz thinls the charges against George Zimmerman should be dropped. With due apologies to the good Professor, he’s wrong.

Innocent people have gone to jail, and some of them are still sitting there.

While the United States has some serious problems with policing, we’re not a police state.

Trayvon Martin’s autopsy shows injuries to his knuckles, which bolsters George Zimmerman’s claim that there was a fight, a Florida television station reports.

The Germans are taking this austerity thing a little far: their police fired only 85 shots at humans last year.

Danny Lesh freely admits to stealing a bicycle–back from the thief who stole it from him.

The attack appears to be based on long-standing animus and not revenge for Trayvon.

The Rule Of Law is incompatible with political rabble rousing

Another potential scandal in New Orleans.

John Edwards is a pathetic human being, but that doesn’t mean he’s necessarily a criminal.

An unusual proceeding, but an unsurprising result.

Alan Dershowitz says the prosecutor who charged George Zimmerman with second degree murder of Trayvon Martin was “irresponsible and unethical” and politically motivated.

It’s time to let the criminal justice system do its job.

William Todd committed at least nine felonies in the span of ten hours in Nashville.

A Federal Court rejects an effort to significantly expand the application of a law designed to target computer hacking.