AltWeeklies Wire
Blotter: Highlights from the City of Charleston Police Reportsnew
BLOTTER O' THE WEEK: Police were called to a downtown pizza place because there was a drunk patron who wouldn't leave. A witness told police the suspect was trying to drink everyone else's beer and that he appeared "super drunk." The witness said it was a large man "with long blond hair and a beard, kind of like Thor."
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-13-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: blotter, Charleston
'About the Most Airtight Case of Innocence'new
How a legal storm capsized a petition to free a man who's been imprisoned for three decades.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-12-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Charleston Crime Blotter: 'I'm Allowed to Yell at People' and Other Slurred 'speak'new
Disorderly Comment O' The Week: "I'm allowed to yell at people. There is nothing wrong with that."
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
04-07-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Budget Problems Have Florida Reconsidering Mandatory Minimumsnew
Despite the fact that some judges complain that mandatory minimums reduce their ability to use discretion in sentencing, making them drones serving the system, the state's mandatory minimums for drug crimes remained unchallenged for more than 30 years. Recently though, the state's budget has cast a light on Florida's prison spending, which has gone up along with its jail population.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Gore |
04-06-2011 |
Crime & Justice
'Would You Please Look at This?'new
A Colorado Springs man languishes for more than a year in an investigation that fails to go skin deep.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
03-31-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Mess in the Marignynew
Tensions between the NOPD's 5th District and the A.R.K. in the Faubourg Marigny are rising.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
03-29-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Faubourg Marigny, NOPD
How Much is Your Daughter Worth?new
Hawaii is becoming an international hub for sex-tourism. The defenders of the current system call it prostitution and a victimless crime. In reality it is debt bondage, a modern form of slavery.
Honolulu Weekly |
Shantel Grace |
03-29-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Prostitution, Sex-Tourism
Worst of the Worst?new
It’s commonly assumed that juvenile offenders thrown into the adult court and prison system are the worst of the worst, beyond rehabilitation. But a new report released today paints an altogether different picture.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-25-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Betting Their Livesnew
It's easy for a three-time felon to get $20 million for his investment company, as long as no one asks any questions.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
03-14-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Extreme Justicenew
Some say the way inmates are treated in Los Angeles County jails is absolutely criminal.
Pasadena Weekly |
Kevin Uhrich |
03-14-2011 |
Crime & Justice
The Art of the Stealnew
Terry Helbling lived to collect art. Other people’s art.
SF Weekly |
Joe Eskenazi |
03-11-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Super Bowl Prostitution By The Numbersnew
100,000 hookers didn't show, but America's latest political scam did.
Dallas Observer |
Pete Kotz |
03-10-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Let the Right Ones Outnew
Fort Worth folks play key roles in the work of freeing the wrongly convicted.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
03-09-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Wrongly Convicted
Excessive Forcenew
Rumors abound about wild cops in Lorain. But one voice of opposition grew too loud.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
03-02-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Police
Framed for Murder?new
Recanted testimony bolsters another New Haven, Conn. man’s fight for freedom.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
03-01-2011 |
Crime & Justice
