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Innocent Bystandernew
Arrested for murder, Roderick O'Bryant got sucked into a court case that stole his life from him.
Houston Press |
Casey Michel |
07-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Dude, Who Owns My Car?: Car Thieves Are Mysterious Beastsnew
While many stolen cars end up in chop shops, there is another grouping that become thieves personal cars -- sometimes they take better care of the cars than the owners they stolen them from.
SF Weekly |
Rigoberto Hernandez |
07-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Just Average Girlsnew
Holly Austin Smith’s story demonstrates just how easily sex traffickers can lure girls—even “good” girls—away from home.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
07-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
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Sex Trafficking: What Now?new
During the last legislative session, Mississippi lawmakers sharpened the teeth of the state's laws addressing human trafficking. They now give cops and prosecutors the power to aggressively pursue traffickers and the men who buy the services of the women and men the industry victimizes.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
07-15-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Guthrie, Steinbeck, Zimmerman, Martinnew
"Why does that vigilante man carry a sawed-off shotgun in his hand? Would he shoot his brother and sister down?"
NUVO |
Kyle Long |
07-15-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Top cop wore tasteless teenew
Springfield deputy police chief Clifford Buscher was wearing a t-shirt with a racially charged message when he was arrested in Missouri in 2008 after drunkenly firing a gun while on a fishing trip with three other officers. Buscher is considered next in line to be chief.
Illinois Times |
Bruce Rushton |
07-12-2013 |
Crime & Justice
The Two David Burgertsnew
Authorities call the missing ex-militia leader armed and dangerous. Others tell a different story.
Missoula Independent |
Jamie Rogers |
06-20-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Double Lives, Extortion and the Suicide of a Respected Professornew
A respected Texas A&M professor with secrets to hide commits suicide and implicates his alleged blackmailer in a case where no one was really who he or she seemed to be.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
06-20-2013 |
Crime & Justice
@KYAnonymousnew
Kentuckian Deric Lostutter made the Steubenville rape case a national story. Now he may go to jail for it.
LEO Weekly |
Joe Sonka |
06-19-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Portrait of a Shattered Familynew
Murder destroyed Charity Lee's family, forever altered her concept of justice.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-13-2013 |
Crime & Justice
More Trouble at Colorado's Toxicology Labnew
Defense attorneys in Colorado are raising the specter of thousands of DUI cases having been compromised.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin and Kirk Woundy |
06-13-2013 |
Crime & Justice
The Somerville Filesnew
The first installment in a multi-part series about the intersection of politics, development, and power in the City of Somerville.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone, Tom Nash and Adam Vaccaro |
06-12-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Dead in Seven Hoursnew
When overdosed means overworked, Bexar County jail's fatal flaws come to light.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-05-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tales From the Inside of Ohio's Private Prisonnew
Inmates described violence, staff ineptitude and unsanitary conditions inside Ohio's private prison. Then came the surprise inspections.
Cincinnati CityBeat |
German Lopez |
05-31-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Council in American-Islamic Relations Demands Investigation of Todashev Shootingnew
On Wednesday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations requested a private investigation of last week's deadly shooting of an Orlando man by an FBI agent who was questioning his connection to Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamarlan Tsarnaev.
Orlando Weekly |
Christopher Balogh |
05-30-2013 |
Crime & Justice
