AltWeeklies Wire
Does Boston Hate Its Copsnew
A secret survey shows just how low the Boston Police Department’s reputation had sunk two years ago. Is the mayor listening? And has anything improved?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
07-17-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Framed?new
Petty crook Stephan Cowans served seven years for a cop shooting he didn't do. Then he was exonerated; then released; then murdered. Looking back, the evidence against him was never all that good. Was it a screw-up or a frame-up? Either way, somebody should be policing the Boston Police. A Boston Phoenix exclusive.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
02-06-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Price of Murdernew
In 2005, in one of the most concentrated bursts of deadly violence Boston had seen in years, nine victims were killed in 20 days -- we revisit nine murder cases we reported on two years ago.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Notes on a Tragedynew
More than a week after the Virginia Tech massacre, we still have more questions than answers.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
04-26-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
2006: The Year Women Got Beat Upnew
Over the past 12 months you have been bombarded with stories of brutalized women -- chances are, you didn't notice.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
12-21-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Guns of Bostonnew
Three months ago, Boston was averaging a shooting a day -- it's an even deadlier place to live this summer.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
07-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Dominique Samuels Murdernew
Considering that he allegedly attacked a 19-year-old, strangled her to death, doused her body in gasoline, and set it ablaze, it's a wonder nobody's asked why Rodrick James Taylor was out of custody in the first place.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-25-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Death by Numbersnew
Boston's murder rate has doubled in five years -- and has not peaked yet. Here's why.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
12-30-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Cell-block Beatdownnew
Inmates claim sadistic beatings have been commonplace in Boston’s jails -- can civil lawsuits make things right?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
11-10-2005 |
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
The Government's $4 Billion-a-Year Weed Habitnew
Enforcing marijuana laws costs more and more every year. And for what?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
09-15-2005 |
Crime & Justice
The Worst Homicide Squad in Americanew
With one of the worst track records of any big-city police department in the country, the Boston Police Department's homicide unit offers little justice to anyone.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
08-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Sudden Deathnew
Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney really blew it with his "foolproof" death-penalty initiative.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
07-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
