crime & justice

Shooting Aftermath Reaches City Hallnew

Council committee bucks mayor; Pennington under fire from within police department.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Alyssa Abkowitz and John Sugg | 03-01-2007 | Crime & Justice

Criminalizing Walking While Black?new

A Minneapolis ordinance makes it a crime to "lurk, lie in wait or be concealed" with the intent to commit a crime -- but Guy Gambill, a criminal justice advocate, has a simpler explanation: "It's standing on a corner after ten o'clock at night when you're black."

City Pages (Twin Cities) | Mike Mosedale | 03-01-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Can a Broken Criminal Justice System Be Fixed?new

Reforming New Orleans' system is not going to be easy, but everyone agrees the goal is worth whatever pain the fight for change brings.

Gambit | Ariane Wiltse | 02-28-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Police Brutality Records Are Released -- and Expensivenew

Colorado Springs police are forced to release results of internal investigation into brutality claim.

Colorado Springs Independent | Michael de Yoanna | 02-27-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Two New Supreme Court Justices Control the Fate of Condemnednew

Both sides in the death penalty debate are looking to the court's eventual rulings in Smith v. Texas, Abdul-Kabir v. Quarterman and Panetti v. Quarterman for signs, clues, or outright proof that the tide has turned.

The Texas Observer | Anthony Zurcher | 02-26-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Texas Youth Commission Hides Abuse Scandalnew

How did alleged abuse at a youth facility in West Texas evade detection for so long?

The Texas Observer | Nate Blakeslee | 02-26-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Nun on Firenew

Ending capital punishment will be the great cause of our time, says Dead Man Walking author Sister Helen Prejean.

Pasadena Weekly | Joe Piasecki | 02-26-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Will Community Prisons Help or Hurt?new

The idea for smaller women's prisons is part of an overall paradigm shift in how the prison system meets -- or doesn't meet -- the needs of female inmates.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Kelly Davis | 02-23-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Cops Go to Elaborate Lengths for Confessions ... Even Bogus Onesnew

In theory, the technique of cops posing as criminals to secure a confession is a sensible and rational approach to solving a crime -- but as the theatrical scenarios become more clever and elaborate, the risks of wrongful conviction are magnified.

NOW Magazine | Alan Young | 02-23-2007 | Crime & Justice

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