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More Than a Rap Sheetnew
In San Francisco, an ex-convict seeks redemption while an ex-activist seeks to rewrite the script for former felons.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson |
11-30-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Love, Then Warnew
Never ending, it seems, is the litigious saga of a chastised lawyer, a fired sheriff's deputy, and the lust they once shared.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
11-30-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Pattern of Violencenew
One thing connects the otherwise unrelated young men charged in a recent spate of violent assaults -- more than half of them hold boxing licenses and are trained as amateur boxers.
Missoula Independent |
Caitlin Copple |
11-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Party's Over?new
The college party has always pitted students against disgruntled neighborhood residents and exasperated cops. But this year, in Boston, the battle is being pitched at a higher level.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
11-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
50,000 Voltsnew
Taser guns have become a favored control device for local law-enforcement officers, but something's gone wrong with this "nonlethal" weapon. In Sacramento, as well as across the nation, the dead bodies are mounting.
Sacramento News & Review |
Sasha Abramsky |
11-17-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Traitors In the White House
The outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame has damaged not only the White House but the media as well. If reporters can’t protect sources, there will be much less news to report.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
11-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Torture in Maine's Prisonnew
The maximum-security, solitary-confinement facility inside Maine State Prison is meant to be a place for prisoners who are threats to others. Testimony from six prisoners and a videotape prove it's a place where inmates are mistreated.
Portland Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
11-14-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A County Jail Shakedownnew
In Seattle, more information comes to light about inmate deaths as officials plan changes in jail operations.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
11-02-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Did an Atlanta Serial Killer Murder 20 Women a Century Ago?new
In 1911 and 1912, 20 black and mixed-race women showed up dead. They had been killed -- some almost decapitated -- by an unknown. Was it a serial killer at work or a copycat?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
10-27-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'Painting With a Broad Brush'
An Oklahoma judge attacked the credibility and experience of federal judges. Three requests by Oklahoma Gazette to copy or review a videotape made of the hearing were denied.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Scott Cooper |
10-26-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Marine Comes Home to Dienew
Marine Jack Snook made it home safely from Iraq, reconciled with his wife and was spending time with friends when he was shot on a downtown Atlanta street.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
10-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bad Ballisticsnew
Hundreds of people have gone to prison on the word of Boston's untrained, unqualified, unskilled firearms examiners.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
10-07-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Jail Bates?
DA Wes Lane says Brian Bates, Oklahoma City's "Video Vigilante," paid prostitutes to have sex on camera. Bates says it's a setup and has documents to back up his claim.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick |
09-07-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hijacked Softwarenew
Criminals recently defrauded a local company out of more than $5,000 in pilot-training software. It could be a simple case of credit-card fraud--but Brett Bell thinks it's the work of terrorists.
Boulder Weekly |
Daniel Boniface |
09-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
McMeekin's Challengenew
Dissatisfaction is rumbling through the Missoula County Sheriff's Department, but Sheriff Mike McMeekin, critics say, isn't listening. With so much bad news coming out of the sheriff's office, is there mutiny in the county?
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
08-26-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
