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DSK: Give Him Back His Job. Then Jail Him.
Even as DSK flew first-class and left his most intimate DNA in $450-a-night suites at four-star hotels, his IMF was demanding that the citizens of Greece and Portugal slash pensions and hike college tuition. That is his biggest crime, undeniable and unforgivable, and the one for which he and those like him should someday face justice.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
07-06-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, DSK
Call It Evennew
The wrong guys went down for an old lady's murder. At least the prosecutors are unscathed.
Cleveland Scene |
Vince Grzegorek |
07-05-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Alice Zolkowski, Thomas Siller
In Defense of Floggingnew
The war on drugs has overpopulated our prisons. What if we gave prisoners the option of being flogged instead of jailed?
Hartford Advocate |
Gregory B. Hladky |
07-01-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: War on Drugs, Prisons
The Film Buffnew
Steven Barrett is a fixture on the local scene. Now he's earning a rep in pervert circles too.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
06-30-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Steven Barrett
The Truth Behind Sex Traffickingnew
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are the public face of an effort to stop underage trafficking. But the underage-prostitution panic is based on a scientific study that was anything but scientific.
The Village Voice |
Martin Cizmar, Ellis Conklin and Kristen Hinman |
06-30-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Shots in the Darknew
Prosecutors allowed Jamelle Swanson’s killer to walk. Swanson’s sister isn’t going so quietly.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
06-29-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Police Arrest Portable-Potty Peeper Suspectnew
A man who Boulder police believe is the person who hid in a portable toilet at a yoga festival last weekend has been arrested.
Boulder Weekly |
Boulder Weekly Staff |
06-24-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Why Maui Police Refuse To Name Bad Copsnew
Across the country, the identities of police officers suspended for misconduct are publicly available. Not so on Maui. Here's why.
Maui Time |
Anthony Pignataro |
06-23-2011 |
Crime & Justice
After a Decade in Prison, Man Proves His Innocence -- Only to See Inaction From Courtsnew
Elroy Phillips remains in a Kentucky prison on charges he can prove he didn't commit.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Barton |
06-16-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Claims of Sexual Abuse by Former Priest Results in Calls to Stay Executionnew
The church of St. Clare’s in San Antonio, a symbol of faith and piety for some, has become an icon of the fear and shame others here have kept buried for decades.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
06-15-2011 |
Crime & Justice
What the Boy Sawnew
A child's testimony put three men on death row. The neighborhood saw it differently.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
06-08-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Harry Franks, Ronnie Bridgeman
Shakeup in Lockdownnew
As Ohio prisons go private, a prison town goes berserk.
Cleveland Scene |
Loretta Ashyk |
06-01-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tragedy in Trinitynew
After vanishing with her 2-year-old daughter Sofia, Claudia Pedreros was found walking naked down a rural road. At first she told sheriffs that she didn't have a daughter and didn't know how she'd gotten there. But when her daughter's body was pulled from the weedy banks of the Trinity River, Pedreros allegedly confessed that she'd drowned her own daughter.
North Coast Journal |
Travis Turner |
05-26-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Claudia Pedreros, Sofia Pedreros
Megan's Flaw: When a Sexual Predator Isn't One in the Eyes of the Lawnew
Two and a half years after Derrick Cook almost killed Katrina Mansfield, she sits quietly in a courtroom, alone, awaiting what the justice system considers fair trade for what she calls her life sentence. By any reasonable definition, Cook is a violent sexual predator—except, after a drawn-out and botched hearing to determine the status, in the eyes of the law.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
05-25-2011 |
Crime & Justice
A Dirty, Vicious Businessnew
In the Peck Canyon corridor, violent crimes and the discovery of body parts occur with disturbing regularity.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
05-25-2011 |
Crime & Justice
