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Allan Parmelee, the Inmate Who Won't Shut Upnew
Parmelee spends his days in a cell, carefully hand-printing lawsuits, motions, records requests, and legal appeals on a pad of lined paper. Known to fellow inmates as the "jailhouse attorney," he's filed dozens of lawsuits in state and federal courts.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
07-07-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Taking the MySpace Train to Juvienew
Law enforcement flexes its web-snooping muscle as a quartet of teen rapists is brought to justice in Washington.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-30-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Another Dubious Death at a Downtown Seattle Jailnew
Details of the incident, based on public records and interviews, fit into a three-year pattern of preventable deaths at the King County Jail.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
06-02-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: death, prisons, Seattle, jails, inmates, crime & justice, King County Jail, preventable deaths
Ari Kohn is The Patron Saint of Ex-Consnew
For three years he's been running, and funding, the Post-Prison Education Program, which takes former prisoners on in entirety -- paying for whatever food, housing, and clothing they and their families need. Now Kohn is trying to drum up money from outside sources, mainly from Washington's state Legislature, but his chances are iffy.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
04-28-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Cracking the Gangbangers' Code of Silencenew
Informants are blowing Seattle murder cases wide open.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Inmates Have No Right to Starve to Deathnew
Washington's State Supreme Court won't allow convict to "let nature take its course."
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
04-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Meet Washington's DUI Kingnew
A new state law may finally catch up with Bob Castle.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: DUI, crime & justice
Communist States Aren't the Only Ones Denying Jury Trialsnew
In Washington, juveniles have no right to one.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
03-31-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Prosecutor Admits Possible Injustice in the 'Three-Strikes' Lawnew
Will anyone follow?
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
01-28-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
New DNA Methods May Throw Doubt on More Convictionsnew
The reversal in Ted Bradford's case is the first in what Washington convicts hope, and prosecutors fear, may be a new wave of DNA-based appeals that can cloud a case, without clearly deciding it, years after the jury reached its verdict.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
01-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Urban Rangers Look & Smell Like Cops, But Don't Get Gunsnew
With more people living downtown, Mayor Greg Nickels wants to make central city parks safer, but the rangers aren't meant to be cops. According to the mayor's proposal, the rangers are supposed "to provide a friendly, welcoming presence" and educate people on park rules and regulations.
Seattle Weekly |
Aimee Curl |
12-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Sex, Limes, and Videotapenew
How a night with a porn star turned into a rape case.
Seattle Weekly |
Laura Onstot |
12-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Death Sentencenew
The feds throw the book at King County's jail as inmate fatalities skyrocket.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
12-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
When Did Used Books Become Contraband?new
Thanks to a controversial "approved vendor system," Washington state prisons are slowing the flow of books behind bars.
Seattle Weekly |
Karla Starr |
08-20-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Lack of Employees, Not Space, Is Overcrowding Prisonsnew
Washington's Department of Corrections can't fill positions to open a new $39 million facility.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
08-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
