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Will the Parole Board See Past Lonnie Morris' Crime?new

At 59, having spent more than three decades in prison, Lonnie Morris could be the model of a rehabilitated inmate. Bespectacled, freckle-faced, and gap-toothed, he looked about as dangerous as a retired history professor.
SF Weekly  |  Ashley Harrell  |  01-27-2010  |  Crime & Justice

The Case of the Pretty Bad Girlsnew

Without parental guidance, they lived wild and free at an early age, but murder will keep them locked up for years.
SF Weekly  |  Ashley Harrell  |  04-30-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Gang Leader Blames PTSD for Killingsnew

Defense attorneys will argue that a violent upbringing left Down Below Gang leader Emile Fort, who is accused of 30 federal crimes, with cognitive defects and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which positioned him to commit and attempt murder in self-defense.
SF Weekly  |  Ashley Harrell  |  02-18-2009  |  Crime & Justice

The Scalawags of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharfnew

With its criminals and poachers, its deviants and scalawags, Fisherman's Wharf is in fact a far more interesting -- if disquieting -- place than any travel brochure would have tourists believe.
SF Weekly  |  Ashley Harrell  |  12-17-2008  |  Crime & Justice

In San Francisco's Projects, Truth Comes at a Pricenew

Deanna Johnson testified against a murderer to save her son, breaking the most fundamental law of the projects: Don't snitch.
SF Weekly  |  Ashley Harrell  |  05-23-2008  |  Crime & Justice

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