Four years ago, no one would have believed that the administration of former President Trump would have been defined, in part, by major criminal justice reforms. The bipartisan First Step Act ...

On May 9, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO) titled “Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations” to address criminal enforcement of regulatory offenses, particularly strict ...

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch criticized the expansion of federal criminal law during remarks on Friday, telling an audience in California that Americans’ liberties are at risk “when there’s a ...

Conservative advocacy group Right on Crime urged lawmakers to reform the “criminal mental state” requirement in federal criminal codes in a report published on Thursday. The report also criticized the ...

In North Carolina in 2011, Steven Pruner was sentenced to 45 days in the Durham County Sheriff’s custody for selling hot dogs from his food cart outside Duke Hospital without a proper permit. In ...

A congressional subcommittee is calling the prosecution of a trail runner in Grand Teton National Park “overcriminalization,” according to a recent letter sent to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the ...