Writing in the Washington Post, Jonathan Blanks mulls “America’s stupidest criminal laws.” “The so-called 'Drug Free School Zone' is one of many laws that create extra penalties for already-illegal acts with no reasonable tie to the public's safety or the defendant's particular circumstances,” he writes. “Congress and many states have legislated harsher, blanket punishments for crimes considered public priorities, regardless of what a judge or jury might deem appropriate. Many times, these laws are passed with the best of intentions…But they handicap judges and juries.”