AltWeeklies Wire
Day 5: Profile of a Klansmannew
The prosecution's star witness took the stand in the federal kidnapping and conspiracy trial of James Ford Seale on Tuesday.
Jackson Free Press |
Matt Saldaña |
06-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Rebecca and Terry Solomon Took the Money and Rannew
The couple faces charges of fleecing almost $20 million from investors, but not even the feds know where they're hiding.
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
05-31-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Letters From Hellnew
Robert Comer wrote to New Times from prison for years, predicting recently that his soul would be in the real hell "soon enough" -- last week, he was executed.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
05-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Suitcase Murdersnew
He hasn't struck lately, but South Florida's fourth serial prostitute killer is likely still on the loose.
Miami New Times |
Joanne Green |
05-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Evading Background Checks for Gunsnew
The history of a single handgun shows how "straw purchasers" hold neighborhoods hostage.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Violet Law |
05-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Verdict Nullification for Mumia?new
Like it or not, Mumia Abu-Jamal may get a new trial.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Dave Lindorff |
05-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Klansman Boundnew
Forty-three years later, James Ford Seale finally faces justice.
Jackson Free Press |
Matt Saldaña |
05-25-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Get John Herbisonnew
When Nashville's smut peddlers and killers get one call, it goes to this man; his reasons for taking their calls might surprise you.
Nashville Scene |
Kay West |
05-25-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Stolen Youthnew
How Durham's sleazy criminal justice system sent Erick Daniels to prison for 10 years based on the shape of his eyebrows.
INDY Week |
Mosi Secret |
05-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Conman.com: Robert Paisola and His Online Version of Three Card Montenew
With a rap sheet including convictions for insurance fraud and possession of kiddie porn, Robert Paisola finds it tough to land real work. So he's created a special new hustle: a game of endlessly multiplying websites and his own form of electronic extortion against those who try to shut him down.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Stephen Dark |
05-23-2007 |
Crime & Justice
A Most Vexing Tenantnew
Peter Muntjan is willing to fight a million-dollar libel suit for his right to call his landlord a crook.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
05-22-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Witness to Philip Workman's Executionnew
Evidence suggesting he didn't fire the shot that killed a cop was not enough to stop his lethal injection.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
05-18-2007 |
Crime & Justice
John McCormick, the Missing Attorney That Never Should Have Gotten Awaynew
How did a kind and hard-working man get himself into such trouble and infect so many others along the way? And why didn't the state stop him when they had the chance?
INDY Week |
Jeff Stern |
05-17-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Anand Jon's Fashion Foulsnew
The clothing designer prowled the country for fresh, young models -- many of them claim their encounters with him ended in rape.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
05-15-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Former Country Superstar, Now Starring in a Courtroom Near Younew
Beginning in 1998 and intensifying after 2002, Doug Supernaw's arrests and trials have grown more numerous while his concerts, save for drunken karaoke performances, have dwindled and his albums have ceased.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
05-14-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
