Outside the Beltway

Reports are circulating that the Obama Administration is considering releasing Jonathan Pollard, and many are seeing it as an effort to placate Israel in the wake of the Iran deal.

A big win in Court for the former Texas Governor, but it’s unclear what this means politically.

Removing the responsibility to investigate police misconduct from the prosecutors who have to work with those police on a daily basis is a good idea.

Dylann Roof has been indicted in Federal Court for completely unnecessary reasons.

A few days late, but a story worth noting if it has escaped notice.

Almost exactly three years after the attack on a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, James Holmes was found guilty late yesterday.

Tragedy in Tennessee.

Contrary to what Donald Trump claims, immigrants are less likely to commit crime than others.

A good first step, but there’s a lot more than needs to be done to reform the criminal justice system.

Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is likely going to Federal Prison very soon.

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the way the death penalty is administered, dealing a serious blow to opponents of the death penalty.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appeared in public for what is likely the last time in his life, apologized for the crimes he committed, and was unsurprisingly sentenced to death by a Federal Judge.

The debate is ultimately academic.

A 19 year old from Indiana faces a quarter century as a registered sex offender because he met a girl who lied about her age.

Nine people died overnight in a shooting at an historic African-American Church in Charleston, South Carolina.

The head of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has resigned in the wake of criminal charges for covering up sexual abuse of children.

A Judge in Cleveland has found that there is probable cause to charge a Cleveland Police Officer with murder in the death of Tamir Rice, but that is hardly the end of the matter.

So much for freedom of speech.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been charged criminally for its role in covering up sexual abuse of children by Priests.

The Supreme Court has narrowed the means by which Federal prosecutors can prosecute someone for making statements online that could be perceived as threats.

The next shoe drops in the Dennis Hastert case.

Despite a veto from the state’s Governor, today Nebraska became the latest state to repeal the death penalty. Hopefully, others will follow.

Several of the top representatives of soccer’s governing body have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in New York.

The Cleveland Police Department has agreed to submit to significant monitoring in the wake of a damning Justice Department investigation.

The six Baltimore cops charged in the April death of Freddie Gray have been indicted by a Grand Jury.

The largely conservative state of Nebraska seems to be on the verge of repealing its law authorizing capital punishment.

The gang at The Week are surprised that “Only jurors who were open to the death penalty were chosen for the Tsarnaev trial.”

Final justice, but far from the end of the road.

Two of Chris Christie’s closest aides were indicted in connection with the Birdgegate scandal today, a third plead guilty, and Christie’s Presidential ambitions are pretty much dead.

Big news out of Baltimore and, perhaps, the beginning of justice for Freddie Gray.

Ta-Nehisi Coates is insightful and eloquent. He’s wrong in this instance.

Just over a week after a death at the hands of police that remains incredibly suspicious, Baltimore is the sight of violent riots.

In a 6-3 vote that defied traditional expectations, the Justices have limited the ability of police to detain people on the side of the road for long periods of time.

An elite FBI Forensics unit gave flawed and false testimony in cases over a period that lasted more than 20 years.

The parents of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombing argue that his killer should be spared from the death penalty.

TSA abuse stories had kind of disappeared from the news, but they’re back now in a big way.

A volunteer for an Oklahoma Sheriff’s Department killed a suspect thanks to what can only be described as extreme criminal negligence.

An unsurprising outcome as we approach the second anniversary of the bombing at the Boston Marathon.

Thanks to one civilian with a camera, a police officer is facing charges in what appears to clearly be an improper shooting.

Another case of teenagers ‘sexting,’ another dumb overreaction by law enforcement.

As expected, New Jersey’s senior Senator has been indicted.