The US bail system regularly ruins the lives of poor people whenever they are accused of a crime. If they make bail, they go away with debts they cannot pay. If they don't make bail, they lose their careers and their homes. That's regardless of whether they are ultimately convicted of the charges.

Many people make false confessions just to get out of jail.

Privatizing state assets generally means the new owners make a killing at state expense. Here's how it happened to the UK's military housing.

If the private financier that wants to buy is in favor of the deal, that's enough to show the state should reject the deal.

The International Criminal Court has received a complaint about the mass murder of President Do-dirty of the Philippines.

The Tories fight to the last drop of oil combustion against renewable electricity generation.

Most of the people granted asylum in the UK are promptly made homeless and destitute, because the government won't support or help them.