AltWeeklies Wire
The Guns of Bostonnew
Three months ago, Boston was averaging a shooting a day -- it's an even deadlier place to live this summer.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
07-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Freezergatenew
The FBI's search of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson's property has led to a constitutional crisis that no one seems to understand.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey Silverglate |
06-01-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Dominique Samuels Murdernew
Considering that he allegedly attacked a 19-year-old, strangled her to death, doused her body in gasoline, and set it ablaze, it's a wonder nobody's asked why Rodrick James Taylor was out of custody in the first place.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-25-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Gay Meant Guiltynew
Gay-history experts could help free a man convicted of murder 25 years ago.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
05-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Brass Balls and Cold Steelnew
Two former soldiers of Boston's elusive Irish mob boss, Whitey Bulger, tell their side of the story.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
03-31-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Death by Numbersnew
Boston's murder rate has doubled in five years -- and has not peaked yet. Here's why.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
12-30-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Drawing Conclusionsnew
A police composite artist talks about the craft of catching a crook.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
12-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Party's Over?new
The college party has always pitted students against disgruntled neighborhood residents and exasperated cops. But this year, in Boston, the battle is being pitched at a higher level.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
11-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Cell-block Beatdownnew
Inmates claim sadistic beatings have been commonplace in Boston’s jails -- can civil lawsuits make things right?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
11-10-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Give Alito a Chancenew
Even a cursory look at Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s record on the bench suggests that he deserves a more serious vetting than our polarized political culture cares to acknowledge.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate |
11-04-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Bad Ballisticsnew
Hundreds of people have gone to prison on the word of Boston's untrained, unqualified, unskilled firearms examiners.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
10-07-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Government's $4 Billion-a-Year Weed Habitnew
Enforcing marijuana laws costs more and more every year. And for what?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
09-15-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Passing Judgmentnew
The scramble to pigeonhole Supreme Court nominee John Roberts misses the point.
Boston Phoenix |
Harvey A. Silverglate |
09-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
The Worst Homicide Squad in Americanew
With one of the worst track records of any big-city police department in the country, the Boston Police Department's homicide unit offers little justice to anyone.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
08-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Sudden Deathnew
Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney really blew it with his "foolproof" death-penalty initiative.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
07-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
