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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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