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Jacob Sullum is a journalist who serves as Managing Editor of "Reason" magazine. Sullum has also worked at "National Review."

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Lori Drew Verdict

I was right about the verdict in the Lori Drew case, though I wish I had been wrong, since even misdemeanor convictions for unauthorized computer access raise the prospect that every American who uses the Internet is an accidental criminal. How many ...

From JACOB SULLUM, Reason,  26 Nov 2008

A Conservative Who's Been Arrested

Imprisoned tycoon Conrad Black, like imprisoned tycoon Martha Stewart before him, has begun to see the light on drug policy. In an article excerpted by the London Times on Sunday, the former newspaper magnate, who is serving a six-and-a-half-year ...

From JACOB SULLUM, Reason,  26 Nov 2008

Lori Drew Update

Before it adjourned yesterday, the jury in the Lori Drew case (the subject of my column today) indicated it had reached unanimous verdicts on three of the four charges against her but was having trouble agreeing on the fourth. Since three of the four ...

From JACOB SULLUM, Reason,  26 Nov 2008

Thomas O'Brien's MySpace Hoax

A year ago, Jack Banas, prosecuting attorney for St. Charles County, Missouri, said he would not bring charges against Lori Drew for her role in a MySpace prank that apparently provoked a 13-year-old girl to kill herself. The reason was simple: ...

From JACOB SULLUM, Reason,  26 Nov 2008

Jacob Sullum: Thomas O'Brien's MySpace Hoax

A year ago, Jack Banas, prosecuting attorney for St. Charles County, Mo., said he would not bring charges against Lori Drew for her role in a MySpace prank that apparently provoked a 13-year-old girl to kill herself. The reason was simple: Although ...

From JACOB SULLUM, Town Hall,  26 Nov 2008

The End of California's Pot Shops?

Today the California Supreme Court ruled (PDF) that people who merely provide marijuana to patients for medical use do not qualify as "primary caregivers" under the Compassionate Use Act, which means they are not allowed to grow or possess the drug. ...

From JACOB SULLUM, Reason,  24 Nov 2008

Is Owning a Gun More or Less Embarrassing Than Hiring an Illegal Alien?

Is it significant that the 63 questions would-be Obama appointees have to answer include a query about gun ownership? Question 59, which comes right after one about "any websites that feature you in either a personal or professional capacity" and right ...

From JACOB SULLUM, Reason,  24 Nov 2008

Drug Addict, Patient, Whatever

Last April, Rose Johnson, a 53-year-old resident of Atwater, California, when to the local DMV office to renew her driver's license. A DMV agent noticed that Johnson was moving slowly, due to neck and back injuries caused by a 1990 car crash, and ...

From JACOB SULLUM, Reason,  21 Nov 2008

Eric Holder's Second Thoughts on Mandatory Minimums

I do not think that we should ever foreclose the possibility that we take a look at how the laws that we have passed are working. I tend to think that mandatory minimum sentences that deal with people who commit violent crimes are almost always good ...

From JACOB SULLUM, Reason,  21 Nov 2008

eHarmony Forced to Create a Dating Service for Gay Singles

In a settlement with the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, the online dating service eHarmony, until now limited to heterosexuals, has agreed to start matching men with men and women with women. The deal resolves a complaint by a gay man who ...

From JACOB SULLUM, Reason,  20 Nov 2008

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