AltWeeklies Wire
How One San Fran Woman Helped Nail a Notorious Weapons Smugglernew
Investigator Kathi Austin helped expose notorious arms dealer Victor Bout and awaken the world to a key human rights struggle.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
07-23-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Two Years Later, Asa Sullivan's Death Remains a Mysterynew
The San Francisco Police Department doesn't want people to know about Asa B. Sullivan, a case that illustrates how difficult it is to get even basic information about law enforcement, which leaves the public in the dark about a public agency that makes life-and-death decisions.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
03-12-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Jailhouse Justicenew
A group of sheriff's deputies is accused in civil court of beating jail inmates.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
GW Schulz |
06-21-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
How California's Probation System Can Skew Criminal Justicenew
The story of a hammer, a pizza guy and $60.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
04-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Chasing My Stolen Bicyclenew
Enter the urban underworld of open-air chop shops, steal-to-order thieves, and brazen fencing networks, where San Francisco's most pervasive crime is ignored by the authorities.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Justin Jouvenal |
02-14-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Not Dead Yetnew
The Bay Area's homicide rate has grabbed headlines, but that's only part of the story of gun violence -- just consider Jason Owens and the bullet lodged in his brain.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
James Woodard |
12-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bad Cops Walk Into the Shadowsnew
A California Supreme Court ruling keeps the public from accessing records of police misconduct.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
09-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Shooting at the OCCnew
San Francisco's police union claims the problem isn't rogue cops, but the agency that investigates them.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz |
05-24-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Drugs of Choicenew
Some former cops argue that all drugs -- not just pot -- should be legal.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
04-26-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: War on Drugs, NORML
Postmortemnew
A California commission begins an investigation into wrongful imprisonment and execution in the state just as the pace of executions picks up.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Matthew Hirsch |
01-11-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Crime and Impunitynew
When Ban Tsan was stabbed in a San Francisco nightclub, police had a chance to stop a bloody conflict in the city's Asian underworld, but instead did nothing.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A.C. Thompson |
01-11-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Executing Changenew
In San Quentin death row inmate Stan 'Tookie' Williams' redemption may lie our own.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
11-30-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
More Than a Rap Sheetnew
In San Francisco, an ex-convict seeks redemption while an ex-activist seeks to rewrite the script for former felons.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson |
11-30-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Quiet Crime Spreenew
Matthew Hattabaugh had a simple scheme for getting rich: He opened up a fake bank and started taking deposits. $650,000 later the feds caught up with him. But apparently felony charges didn't even slow him down.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
G.W. Schulz and A.C. Thompson |
07-20-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Snitchnew
A ruthless informant tells all about the underside of San Francisco's underworld.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson |
04-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
