AltWeeklies Wire
Aurora on the Map for the Wrong Reasonsnew
Aurora has finally made its name. But this is not what it wanted -- or what it deserves.
Westword |
Patricia Calhoun |
07-20-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Aurora Colorado, Aurora Shooting
Casey Anthony: She didn’t do itnew
The co-author of the new book about the Anthony case lays out the story that never got told.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Peter Golenbock |
07-20-2012 |
Crime & Justice
"We Are All Just Crying"new
People continue to gather at Gateway High School, where witnesses were taken after the attack -- among them more and more panicked individuals trying to find out whether friends and loved ones were at the theater.
Westword |
Sam Levin |
07-20-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Aurora Theater Shooting
News Intern ID'd as Victim in Aurora Theater Shootingnew
One of the victims of the shooting at the Aurora Town Center during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises is Jessica Ghawi, a news intern who tweeted under the name Jessica Redfield.
Westword |
Michael Roberts |
07-20-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Truth Trackers: Asheville's Cold-Case Sleuths Defy the Oddsnew
Less than 1 percent of cold cases ever get solved. That doesn't stop Asheville detectives Yvonne Cobourn and Kevin Taylor.
Mountain Xpress |
Caitlin Byrd |
07-17-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Lackland's Instructor-on-Rainbow Sex Crimesnew
Lackland Air Force Base boils over.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas and John Lasker |
07-17-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Step by Stepnew
When Sonoma County's courts sentence alcohol and drug offenders to rehab, a nonreligious option hasn't always been clear—until one man's crusade to change the process.
North Bay Bohemian |
Leilani Clark |
07-16-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Big Data is Watching Younew
Police turn to computers to help predict potential crimes.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
06-29-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Out of the Shadowsnew
Ronald Smith, the Canadian on Montana's death row, has been getting a lot of media attention. The Siksika family of one of his victims, Thomas Running Rabbit Jr., talk about loss and living in a killers shadow.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Zoltan Varadi |
06-28-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Year-Round Santanew
At least 550 Southern California homeowners have been victimized by the Zepeda brothers — their scheme to rake in foreclosure funds.
San Diego Reader |
Thomas Larson |
06-27-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Indiana sinks to new porn lownew
Cutting-edge forensic response enables wide-net perv nab after authorities discover group dedicated to swapping recordings and images of rape and molestation of infants and toddlers.
NUVO |
Rebecca Townsend |
06-27-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Police-Related Legal Costs Spike in Oaklandnew
The total legal costs for police misconduct was $13.1 million last year, according to OPD records.
East Bay Express |
Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham |
06-26-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Retired FBI agent: Kalvin Michael Smith deserves new trial
The latest chapter in the ongoing saga surrounding the brutal 1995 beating a store clerk has culminated with a respected retired FBI assistant director calling for a new trial for Kalvin Michael Smith, the man convicted of the crime almost 15 years ago.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
06-19-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Jill Marker, Kalvin Michael Smith
Code Deadnew
Do the encrypted writings of Ricky McCormick hold the key to his mysterious death?
Riverfront Times |
Christopher Tritto |
06-17-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Ricky McCormick Death
Shoot First, Cry Laternew
The first of its kind, Florida's shoot first, judge later legislation came to life (or death) in 2005, assuring all responsible owners of guns that they could shoot first and ask questions later without fear of legal reprisal. Now similar laws prevail in 24 states.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-14-2012 |
Crime & Justice
