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Using Scientific Literature to Challenge a Drug Test: A Case Study

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Last Modified on Jul 19, 2026

A positive drug test is often treated as the end of the conversation. In a probation-violation setting in particular, the assumption…

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What Matthew Bangerter Learned as a Lake County Prosecutor That He Now Uses Against the Prosecution

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Last Modified on Jul 16, 2026

Plenty of defense attorneys advertise that they used to be prosecutors. Far fewer explain what that experience actually changes about how…

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Does Locking Up a Teenager Make Anyone Safer? What the Research Actually Says

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Last Modified on Jun 24, 2026

Most people assume that serious consequences for a young person mean time in a locked facility. Decades of research - including…

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There’s No Such Crime as “Verbal Assault”

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Last Modified on Jun 15, 2026

It’s not illegal to be a jerk. It’s not polite. It’s not productive. It might get you yelled at, ignored, or…

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The Next Threat to Birthright Citizenship Is a Door the Court May Have Already Locked

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Last Modified on Jun 15, 2026

Two days ago the Supreme Court struck down the executive order that tried to end birthright citizenship. The headlines said 6-3.…

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More Prisons, More Violence: What the International Data Actually Shows

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Last Modified on Jun 02, 2026

The United States imprisons its people at a rate unmatched by any other wealthy democracy on earth. The standard justification for…

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