Publications
Disorderly conduct, possession of marijuana, and trespassing. Crimes of the century, they are not. Yet their impact on those who commit them—including everything from employment barriers to the…
In a memorable scene from the comedy “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” a government official meanders through a plague-infested village screaming, “Bring out your dead!” —…
From The American Interest:
Disorderly conduct, possession of marijuana, and trespassing. Crimes of the century, they are not. Yet their impact on those who commit them—including everything…
From The Cato Institute:
This brief was joined by all of the following groups: the ACLU, Alliance Defending Freedom, American Association for Justice, Americans for Prosperity, Due Process…
From The Supreme Court of the United States:
The R Street Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public-policy research organization whose mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to…
Over four decades ago, a Florida prosecutor put Clifford Williams Jr. and his nephew Nathan Myers behind bars for a murder they didn’t commit.
Last month, one helped set them free.
The…
When crime rates soared between the 1970s and early 1990s, Democrats and Republicans alike did everything possible to avoid being labeled “soft on crime.” As crime has dropped, however,…
R Street’s Jesse Kelley discusses the Curtis Flowers case on Newsy’s “The Why”
Sensational and extraordinary. These two words aptly describe the Jussie Smollett case, from its origins as a dramatic, politically tinged hate crime with a celebrity victim to its…
Testimony from:
Emily Mooney, Research Associate, Criminal Justice & Civil Liberties, R Street Institute
Jesse Kelley, Government Affairs Specialist, R Street Institute
In SUPPORT of SB 149,…