AltWeeklies Wire
No Second Chancesnew
Once you have a felony on your record, it can be near impossible to move up in the world.
Chico News & Review |
Christine G.K. LaPado |
05-19-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Felony, Criminal Record
The Border's Revolving Doornew
The indictment issued involving the murder of Agent Brian Terry raises as many questions as it answers.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
05-18-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Border Patrol, Brian Terry
Homicide & Hypenew
The murder of a town eccentric reignites talk of one of Cleveland’s most notorious unsolved crimes.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
05-18-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Amy Mihaljevic
The Burden of Proofnew
For every person exonerated for a crime they didn't commit, there are many like James Legate: questionable cases, bulldozed through a flawed system, with no recourse left. Only a miracle could free him—and his wife is working, and hoping, for no less.
The Texas Observer |
Laura Burke |
05-17-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Prisons, James Legate
To Serve, to Protect and...to Stealnew
If TSA workers steal from the people they are supposed to be protecting, how can they be trusted to keep the nation safe from terrorism?
New York Press |
Spencer Wilking |
05-13-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Man Seeks Answers 44 Years After Witnessing Brother's Deathnew
Charles Stecker was only 4 years old when he saw his foster mother kill his 2-year-old brother Eddie, but he remembers it like it was yesterday.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
05-11-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Hustle & Woenew
Aspiring rap mogul Shyan Selah stands accused of fleecing Jimi Hendrix's best friend and his associates.
Seattle Weekly |
Keegan Hamilton |
05-09-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Shyan Selah
A Convict's Odysseynew
When he was 16, Mark Clements talked his way into four life sentences. Twenty-eight years later, he talked his way out.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
05-05-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Mission Accomplished. Now Who's Next?new
Now who is the world’s Pre-eminent Evildoer? I’m looking at the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list where they now have a nice red DECEASED under Osama Bin Laden’s mugshot, and these other mugs up there, no offense, they just don’t have the candlepower OBL was packing in terms of being a Bad People.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
05-04-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Immune From Prosecutionnew
What happens when an alleged killer receives a get-out-of-jail-free card?
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
04-27-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Chuck McCain, Curtis Bunton
The Brothers Arellanesnew
The man held in connection with the murder of Agent Brian Terry has a crime-ridden past--and so does at least one relative.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
04-22-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Charleston Blotter: Door-to-door Sales Struggle and a Bar that 'Looks Like a Bar'new
BLOTTER O' THE WEEK: Police responded to a neighborhood twice recently regarding a group of door-to-door salesmen without a business license. Officers found one young woman mid-pitch, but she wasn't quite ready to go. "I am in the middle of a sale and will leave when I am done," she said. The woman then began yelling and cussing at the officer while he escorted her off the property. With that kind of forcefulness, we're just glad she isn't the spray girl at the perfume counter.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-20-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime blotter
Texas Still Executes Mentally Retarded Criminals ... For Nownew
Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ban, Texas has continued to send mentally retarded criminals to death row. Will Daniel Plata's case correct this injustice?
The Texas Observer |
Renée Feltz |
04-19-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Long Island Serial Killer: Beach Bodiesnew
There will be a few things different about beach season on Long Island this year. The Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular, canceled due to budget concerns, will return this summer, and cadaver dogs will be walking along the bay, as digital police signs ask visitors for information on the potential 10 bodies found decomposing on what is now a 15-mile-long crime scene.
Long Island Press |
Jaclyn Gallucci |
04-19-2011 |
Crime & Justice
How a 40-day Crime Spree Changed One Man's Life Forevernew
Al Hadlock was scared. Things were falling apart around him. His wife kicked him out. He lost his job. And he knew if he did this — if he robbed this bank — it would only get worse. But he was numb. Confused. Desperate. And so Hadlock walked through the doors of BankOne.
The Inlander |
Leah Sottile |
04-14-2011 |
Crime & Justice
