"'Overcriminalization' Making Us a Nation of Felons?" Video Report and Article, CBN News, April 1, 2012. CBN's John Jessup reports from Washington with legal commentary from NACDL Board Member Timothy P. O'Toole.
"Convicted of a Crime He Didn't Know He Committed," Video Report, The Wall Street Journal, December 13, 2011. Wall Street Journal's Neil Hickey reports from Washington with legal commentary from NACDL Board Member Timothy P. O'Toole.
Personal Stories of Overcriminalization
Video: Overcriminalization in America – The Criminalization of Ordinary Conduct
Video: Overcriminalization in America – The Criminalization of Business
Todd Farha - read case documents, NACDL articles and podcasts, and other media coverage
John Yates - Video: The Fishy Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court, Case Summary - In His Own Words, Background, U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Reversing Conviction, SCOTUSblog Analysis of Opinion, U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument Analysis, NACDL amicus briefs (on writ of certiorari and supporting Yates), USA Today article
Jack and Jill Baron - Video: In Their Own Words – No Home for Justice
Carol Anne Bond - Case Summary, U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument Recap, U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Reversing Conviction, Cato Institute's Opinion Analysis, Manhattan Institute's Opinion Analysis, New York Times Article
Bradford Councilman – Video: In His Own Words – System Error
Mark and Amy Denicore - Video: In Their Own Words – Summoned by the Bell
Krister Evertson - Case Summary, Video, Petition for Cert, and Washington Examiner Special Report: Intro, Part One and Part Two
Gibson Guitar - Video: CEO Henry Juszkiewicz – Tuning Out Justice , Gibson and its CEO Henry Juskiewicz respond to the government raids and discuss their legal battle. click here!
Lawrence Lewis - Video: In His Own Words – Flushed Away
George Norris - Video: In His Own Words – Cultivating a Felon, Case Summary and In-Depth Study
Abner Schoenwetter - Case Summary
Bobby Unser - Video: In His Own Words – Frozen Out of Justice, Case Summary, Video
Press & Commentary on the Destruction Caused by Overcriminalization
"Prosecutorial Over-Criminalization: Fishing for Guilty Pleas," The National Law Review, December 2, 2014.
"Manhattan Moment: Overcriminalization is also a problem in the states," by James R. Copland and Isaac Gorodetski, The Washington Examiner, October 31, 2014.
"Overcriminalization Comes To National Parks As People Who Fly Toys Face Six Months In Jail," by Gregory S. McNeal, Forbes, August 31, 2014.
"Chemical Weapons Treaty Does Not Apply to Petty Crime, Justices Rule," by Adam Liptak, The New York Times, June 2, 2014. [Full Opinion]
"Justices to Weigh Finance Law as It Was Applied to Little Fish," Adam Liptak, The New York Times, April 28, 2014.
"MALCOLM/REIMER: Over-criminalization undermines respect for legal system," by John G. Malcolm and Norman L. Reimer, The Washington Times, December 11, 2013.
"Over-criminalization and the Tragic Case of Aaron Swartz," by Ammon Simon, National Review, January 15, 2013.
"Ex-Glaxo VP on 'The Criminalization of the Practice of Law'," by Jennifer Smith, The Wall Street Journal, October 1, 2012.
"The Overcriminalization of America: Are We All Criminals Now?," by John W. Whitehead, Huffington Post, August 6, 2012.
"When Everyone Is an Offender," The Atlantic, September 28, 2011.
"As Federal Crime List Grows, Threshold of Guilt Declines," The Wall Street Journal, September 27, 2011.
"As Criminal Laws Proliferate, More Are Ensnared," The Wall Street Journal, September 27, 2011.
"Overcriminalization on Appeal - Notable concurrence from Chief Kozinski as 9th Circuit Reverses White Collar Conviction," Sentencing Law & Policy Blog, December 10, 2010. [Full Opinion]
"Rough Justice in America - Too many laws, too many prisoners," The Economist, July 22, 2010.
"Editor's Highlights: America locks up too many people, some for acts that should not even be criminal," The Economist, July 22, 2010.
For additional coverage and materials on the problem of overcriminalization generally, visit the Overcriminalization Advocacy and Scholarship webpage.
