97% of federal drug defendants plead guilty
And those that go to trial spend three times longer in prison than those who take the plea deal. Outrageous. ThinkProgress
Month: May 2017
Annual drug war spending reaches ridiculous heights
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$51 billion every year at the federal, state, and local levels.
Oklahoma governor Fallin signs ridiculous anti-protestor law
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To suppress pipeline protests in the Sooner State. The Intercept
A live feed of drone footage was probably accidentally streamed online for anyone to see
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Strange. Vice Motherboard
Srsly? Police Union sues toy maker for creating toy guns that look too realistic
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Because trigger-happy cops have a habit of shooting kids with toys. Techdirt
Cops intentionally misled judge who signed off on stingray
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Warrantless stingray use run amok. Ars Technica
Scientists eliminate HIV in lab animals
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Using the revolutionary CRISPR. Tech Crunch
Cop gets caught faking body cam footage
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Prosecutors drop charges. Ars Technica
D.A.R.E. gets new lease on life thanks to opioid epidemic
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Peddlers of prohibition, the kid-friendly officers who sell kid-friendly lies about drugs and the drug war, get a steroid shot thanks to an inevitable result of the War on Drugs.
Why not talk to North Korea?
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Instead of agitating for war. Sheldon Richman makes the case.