March 19, 2012 2:45PM 

# Good Stuff on Criminal Justice 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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A few recent articles that are not to be missed:

- [Conrad Black](http://www.nysun.com/national/the-big-story-about-crime-and-punishment-that/87745/) takes on conservatives and the American criminal justice system.
- [A. Barton Hinkle](http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/rtd-opinion/2012/mar/16/tdopin02-hinkle-extremism-in-defense-of-lib-oops-n-ar-1769411/) takes on conservatives and executive power.
- [Gene Weingarten](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/another-child-dies-in-a-hot-car-and-gene-weingarten-asks-why-was-this-a-crime/2012/03/14/gIQAXm01ES_story.html) takes on prosecutors and the misguided idea that accidents should be considered crimes.

For related Cato scholarship, go [here](https://www.cato.org/law-civil-liberties).

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