AltWeeklies Wire
Just Bustednew
Public defenders are underfunded and overworked but uniquely positioned to change the way we think about crime, poverty, and punishment.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
02-27-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Public Defenders
Live, Work, Paynew
How an accident pushed one Orlando woman into the intersection of Orlando's professional-incest machine.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
02-23-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: graves amendment, tort law
Who Killed Richard Burick?new
A simmering mystery raises questions about the Los Alamos National Laboratory's past.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Wren Abbott |
02-16-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Out of Boundsnew
A Cleveland cop killed a man at his own home. Was it police business or a personal vendetta?
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
02-15-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Daniel Ficker, Matthew Craska
Pushing the Limitnew
Advocates say the biggest opposition to abolishing statute of limitation on child sex abuse in Pa. is the Catholic Church.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
02-08-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Cristian Conversionnew
Baby-faced murder defendant Cristian Fernandez upends perception and reality in the Northeast Florida criminal justice system.
Folio Weekly |
Susan Cooper Eastman |
02-07-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Cristian Fernandez
Mississippi Pardongate: What's Next?new
When state investigators caught up to convicted murderer Joseph Ozment Sunday night, he was living in a Laramie, Wyo., hotel and driving the Mercedes-Benz of his fiancée, LaChina Tillman, an engineer with defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
02-03-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Cocaine Townnew
One in three men arrested in Atlanta has cocaine in his system. And that's an improvement.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Gwynedd Stuart |
01-26-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Cocaine in Atlanta
Jail Birdsnew
The fastest-growing group of inmates in Oregon: Women.
Willamette Week |
Hannah Hoffman |
01-23-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Prisons, Women in Prison
Pardons: The Coward's Way Outnew
How Tammy Ellis Gatlin died at hands of a man pardoned by Haley Barbour.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
01-12-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Penn State Tragedy Inspires New Lawnew
The introduction of the Pennsylvania Attorney General Mandated Reporter Law in early December has explosive implications: Supporters allege that the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office is sitting on thousands of leads on child sex abusers, collecting the data on their possible whereabouts but not trying to find them.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
12-29-2011 |
Crime & Justice
The Boy Scouts' Police Problemnew
Dozens of teenage explorers in the U.S. have been sexually abused by police officers. Should the Boy Scouts, who oversee the program, share the blame?
SF Weekly |
Jonathan Kaminsky |
12-09-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Missing Millionsnew
Public financial fraud and embezzlement in South Carolina is widespread and hard to track.
Columbia Free Times |
Corey Hutchins |
12-09-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Bad News Day for Sheriff Joe Arpaionew
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was slammed in a damning AP story about how his agency bungled hundreds of sex-crime cases.
Phoenix New Times |
Ray Stern |
12-06-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Bullies In Bluenew
Long before Fullerton police officers beat Kelly Thomas — a scrawny homeless man with a history of mental problems — to death, the city's cops ran roughshod over anyone and everyone.
OC Weekly |
Marisa Gerber |
11-30-2011 |
Crime & Justice
