AltWeeklies Wire
He Said, She Said, He's Deadnew
Was Orinda, Calif., housewife Susan Polk the cold-blooded killer of her husband (and former psychologist), or a victim of his abuse who killed in self-defense? The reader is invited to be part of the jury in this dramatic case.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
11-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
A Man Named Suenew
Citizen Fred Whitaker, blacklisted for filing dozens of "frivolous" lawsuits, hopes to clear his name -- by filing more lawsuits.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
10-03-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: California, Bay Area, a Bay Area forensic psychiatrist, a professor at University of Californai Berkeley's Boalt School of Law, Alameda County Superior Court, crusaders, Dr. Mark Levy, nuisance to the judicial system, public watchdogs, Republican State Senator Charles Poochigian, Stephen Bundy, Superior Court Judge James Richman, vexatious lawsuits
Girl Accused in Slashing Case Was Neglectednew
The teenager accused of attacking a 75-year-old woman is likened by her psychiatrist to a "caged, abused animal poked with sticks at the zoo...."
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
09-20-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Mother to Cross-Examine Her Own Sonnew
It's a courtroom scene that even writers for Law & Order haven't dreamed up: A housewife, on trial for murdering her husband, will question the prosecution's star witness -- her teenage son.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
08-08-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Jury Rigged?new
Recent charges of ethnic bias in picking death penalty juries have not only scandalized prosecutors in California's Alameda County. They've put the entire system on trial.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
05-10-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Feds Have Questions for Wife of Ask Jeeves Cofoundernew
Did Ask Jeeves cofounder David Warthen marry a call girl? The millionaire says in court papers he is "without knowledge" as to the alleged prostitution activities of his busty new wife.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
12-20-2004 |
Crime & Justice
