AltWeeklies Wire
Number 26new
Fifteen-year-old Gary Parker was the 26th of Minneapolis' 49 homicides last year -- and one of the 54 percent of black male victims whose killings went unsolved.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Molly Priesmeyer |
04-12-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Over and Over Againnew
Spending half a billion dollars on new prisons won't solve Colorado's biggest crime problem: the staggering failure rate of parole.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
04-11-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Terminal Incarcerationnew
The short, sad lives of some detainees facing relatively minor charges end in jail.
Miami New Times |
Rob Jordan |
04-11-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Growing Up Behind Barsnew
A family grapples with having a son in prison.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
04-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Lawyers, Guns and Moneynew
Attorney Michael Mehas may now be the difference between life and death for alleged pot dealer-turned-killer Jesse James Hollywood.
Pasadena Weekly |
Matthew Singer |
04-06-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
How to End Up In Prisonnew
A wrong decision here, a bad situation there and suddenly you're in Robert Robach's shoes.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
04-06-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Time Outnew
A change to the Patriot Act could shorten death-row inmates' time to appeal cases.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lawrence Hurley |
04-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Cost of Crueltynew
A federal jury awarded $9 million to the family and estate of a man who died after Maricopa County, Ariz. detention officers improperly strapped him in a restraint chair inside a county jail.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
04-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Outcast Among Outcastsnew
Seattle's rave community tried to embrace Kyle Huff -- but it seems he was stalking them.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
03-29-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
High-Wire Huntnew
Robb Annable hasn't yet conquered the mystery of his missing brother, who he thinks died while helping to fight the CIA's secret war against Cuba's Communist government.
Miami New Times |
Forrest Norman |
03-28-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Justice at Last?new
Alvin Sykes may be a high school dropout, but he knows how to make senators listen and murderers sweat.
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
03-28-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Seattle's Mass Killernew
Police have questioned the twin brother of a man who shot six young people and then himself.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson and Philip Dawdy |
03-27-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Death Sentencenew
Jail personnel in Arizona handled an unruly prisoner so harshly that he died -- so what else is new?
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
03-21-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Naked Truthnew
While the grunts take the heat, the brass at one Florida police department remain unscathed by a scandal that inflated the department's crime-fighting prowess.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
03-20-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Never-Ending Sentencenew
When have felons finally paid their dues?
Tucson Weekly |
Tim Vanderpool |
03-16-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
