AltWeeklies Wire
Safety Shell Gamenew
Government agencies keep passing the buck over prison recycling hazards.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-26-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Jump-Out Boysnew
Two Miami cops have been charged with armed kidnapping, armed burglary, aggravated assault with a firearm, grand theft, official misconduct and criminal mischief.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
04-25-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Safety Standnew
A prison-industries whistleblower is vindicated by a government report.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
04-20-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Publicity Hound or Dog Killer?
After garnering national attention for scaling the St. Augustine Lighthouse in a tiger suit, Frank Feldmann has gone into hiding following his arrest for beheading the family dog.
Folio Weekly |
Owen Holmes |
04-18-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bad Boys, Bad Boysnew
Patrolling the streets of one of Charlotte's most dangerous districts meant a night of mostly false alarms.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Jared Neumark |
04-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Number 26new
Fifteen-year-old Gary Parker was the 26th of Minneapolis' 49 homicides last year -- and one of the 54 percent of black male victims whose killings went unsolved.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Molly Priesmeyer |
04-12-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Over and Over Againnew
Spending half a billion dollars on new prisons won't solve Colorado's biggest crime problem: the staggering failure rate of parole.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
04-11-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Terminal Incarcerationnew
The short, sad lives of some detainees facing relatively minor charges end in jail.
Miami New Times |
Rob Jordan |
04-11-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Growing Up Behind Barsnew
A family grapples with having a son in prison.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
04-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Finding Jesus in Jailnew
A sadistic killer now wants to write books for children.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
04-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Lawyers, Guns and Moneynew
Attorney Michael Mehas may now be the difference between life and death for alleged pot dealer-turned-killer Jesse James Hollywood.
Pasadena Weekly |
Matthew Singer |
04-06-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
How to End Up In Prisonnew
A wrong decision here, a bad situation there and suddenly you're in Robert Robach's shoes.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
04-06-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Time Outnew
A change to the Patriot Act could shorten death-row inmates' time to appeal cases.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lawrence Hurley |
04-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Cost of Crueltynew
A federal jury awarded $9 million to the family and estate of a man who died after Maricopa County, Ariz. detention officers improperly strapped him in a restraint chair inside a county jail.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
04-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Brass Balls and Cold Steelnew
Two former soldiers of Boston's elusive Irish mob boss, Whitey Bulger, tell their side of the story.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
03-31-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
