AltWeeklies Wire
Study Suggests Additional Background Checks Deter Gun Deathsnew
Local and state checks can lead to fewer homicides and suicides.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
06-13-2008 |
Crime & Justice
To Bond or Not to Bond: For Detained Immigrants, That is the Questionnew
Family members of undocumented immigrants are often being advised not to pay bond due to ICE holds. "We know that that's illegal. Anyone who is afforded bail -- it could be high, could be low -- but once you're afforded bail, you have the right to post it."
Santa Fe Reporter |
Mark Sanders |
06-13-2008 |
Immigration
The Orlando Police Beatnew
May 30
(2008-236601) 11:20 p.m.: A 25-year-old suspect pulled a 51-year-old man out of a business on South Lee Road, beat him up and took his money. Dick.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
06-12-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Border-Area Rapes Challenge a Stumbling Systemnew
According to immigrant-advocacy groups, nearly all women and female children smuggled north face some degree of sexual abuse, including rape. It is now considered "the price of admission." And since these horrid crimes occur in a murky milieu, law-enforcement officials consider them among the toughest to pursue.
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
06-11-2008 |
Immigration
The Death of a Landlordnew
Plenty of people want to kill their landlord. Not many are accused of actually doing it, hacking him to pieces, offing a roommate at the same time, then dumping both bodies 30 miles away in the sticks.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
06-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Were DeShawn and Marvin Reed Wrongfully Convicted?new
A paralyzed shooting victim first identified the two accused assailants now in prison in the blink of an eye. Now he's having second thoughts.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
06-10-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Grant Will Fund Education for Santa Barbara's Inmatesnew
A longtime supporter of Santa Barbara City College donated $278,000 to create a designated classroom at the County Jail so that City College adult education instructors can soon provide educational opportunities for inmates.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Nick Welsh |
06-10-2008 |
Crime & Justice
InfraGard, the Justice Department's Secret Teamnew
InfraGard has chapters for each of the FBI's 56 field offices and more than 23,000 civilian members who transmit information from the private sector to the FBI.
Artvoice |
Grady Hawkins |
06-06-2008 |
Crime & Justice
The Orlando Police Beatnew
This week's copper wire theft comes from a Florida Hospital parking garage construction site. Gays do not steal copper.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
06-05-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Special Patrol Unit Is No SFPDnew
Nearly extinct and long at odds with the SFPD, the little-known San Francisco Patrol Special Police appears poised for a comeback.
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
06-04-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Lawyer Makes Dirty Debt Collectors Paynew
Pete Barry goes after those "who live off the misery of others" and wins millions in damages.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jonathan Caminsky |
06-04-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Help me, Obi Wannew
When a woman was asked to leave a store, she became angry and started throwing beer bottles on the floor. She then stood in the corner screaming that “Jesus got her pregnant and she wanted [it] out of her so she could it eat it.”
Metro Spirit |
Alice Wynn |
06-04-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Hospital Sees High Cost of Gun Violencenew
The trauma center at Highland Hospital in Oakland frequently treats patients with gun wounds, most of them young and uninsured.
East Bay Express |
Matthew Green |
06-04-2008 |
Crime & Justice
What Happens to the Mentally Ill in the Justice System is Just Crazynew
In Colorado, gaping holes in the so-called safety net have made police, courts and emergency rooms the first and last line of contact with people who may be a danger to themselves or others. Too often, the care they receive is perfunctory -- a 72-hour crisis hold, a few pills, a referral to a mental-health center -- with little or no followup.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
06-02-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Another Dubious Death at a Downtown Seattle Jailnew
Details of the incident, based on public records and interviews, fit into a three-year pattern of preventable deaths at the King County Jail.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-02-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: death, prisons, Seattle, jails, inmates, crime & justice, King County Jail, preventable deaths
