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Radley Balko

Washington Post

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GOP Reviving Executions for Iryna Zarutska’s Murder, but Rolling Back Reforms Won’t Prevent These Crimes

The far right proposed turning back the clock on lots of criminal justice reforms to prevent similar crimes, but not the change that might work. The...

26.09.2025 4

The Intercept

Radley Balko

Breaking Down the White House’s Lies and Distortions About Crime in DC

This story was originally published by The Watch, Radley Balko’s substack publication, to which you can subscribe here. So let’s get this out of...

28.08.2025 10

Mother Jones

Radley Balko

Trump's Trial Run for a Police State

President Trump’s "federalization" of Washington D.C. is a test of the limits of his power -- and by extension of our democracy. The post Trump’s...

12.08.2025 40

The Intercept

Radley Balko

Cops Are Already Unleashed. Trump Is Telling Them to Run Wild.

With his new executive order on policing, Trump just wants to make sure he’s the one holding the lead. The post Cops Are Already Unleashed. Trump...

02.05.2025 7

The Intercept

Radley Balko

The Courage To Be Decent

24.04.2025 200

Slate

Radley Balko