Overcriminalization is a term that came into vogue about ten or so years ago as a catch-all phrase to describe several interrelated legal policy problems. Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) has been at ...

This Legal Memo discusses several laws introduced in the 115th Congress that illustrate the problems of Congress’s overuse and misuse of substantive criminal laws—a troubling trend generally referred ...

Overcriminalization—the overuse or misuse of the criminal law to address societal problems—is a troubling phenomenon that touches every segment of society.[1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways, ...

According to a recent estimate, there are more than 3,100 criminal acts defined in Michigan statutes, and lawmakers add dozens more every year, on average. No person could keep track of all these ...

Protests and riots have erupted in Minnesota and across the country since George Floyd’s death. The officer who killed Floyd has been fired and charged, but protesters demand institutional changes.

In North Carolina in 2011, Steven Pruner was sentenced to 45 days in the Durham County Sheriff’s custody for selling hot dogs from his food cart outside Duke Hospital without a proper permit. In ...

Now that the parties have chosen their presidential candidates for the November elections, it’s time to take a closer look at their platforms. On the issue of overcriminalization, in particular, the ...