The state of clemency in Missouri is in total disarray. Recently, the Kansas City Star reported that Governor Mike Parson is sitting on a backlog of over 3,500 petitions for clemency from Missouri’s prison population. Since taking office in May of 2018, Parson has acted on just one of these cases. But Parson does not…
On Monday, November 4, 2019, over 400 Oklahoma prisoners were set free because their sentences were commuted. That was the largest single-day mass commutation of prisoners in state history, and the Oklahoma governor calls it the largest in the nation. But this story doesn’t end with the state. It’s just the beginning. Oklahoma has one…
by Ian Tartt America is often touted as the “land of the free”. Is that an accurate statement? Let’s take a look at some of the ways in which the US government restricts freedom in the modern age. Before 1913, the federal government got most of its money through tariffs and excise taxes. Since the…