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Peace and Punishmentnew

St. Louis judges turn to Transcendental Meditation to rehab convicted felons.

Riverfront Times | Kristen Hinman | 03-13-2006 | Crime & Justice

Requiem For a Tweakernew

Thomas O'Dell, a meth addict, successfully completed drug treatment in prison, was released early and lived an exemplary life -- so how did he end up back in prison?

Illinois Times | Bruce Rushton | 03-03-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Trumped-Up Terroristsnew

There are doubts about the feds' claim that a father and son recruited U.S. citizens for training at radical religious schools and raised money for "international jihadist groups."

L.A. Weekly | John Ryan | 03-02-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: WAR

The 'Jewish' Connew

Incarcerated gang members are abusing freedom of religion to get special treatment.

Seattle Weekly | George Howland Jr. | 03-01-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Big Troublenew

Gary Haney's dream was to be the Larry Flynt of the Rockies, but his big needs -- for sex, drugs and money -- took him down.

Westword | Jared Jacang Maher | 02-28-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: magazine, Go-Go

The Chasenew

More cops are finally patrolling the areas around Kansas City, but they're hardly a match for meth.

The Pitch | Bryan Noonan | 02-27-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

To Catch a Killernew

With the click of a button, Kurt Mausert located the man indicted in the stabbing death of his brother, something prosecutors failed to do for 27 years.

Metroland | David King | 02-16-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: brother's, corruption, extradition, Google, Honolulu, murderer, Phillipines

A Family in Need of Closurenew

More than five years after a young Nebraska woman was brutally murdered in Mississippi, her mother wants answers -- and her body back.

Jackson Free Press | Donna Ladd | 02-03-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Matters of Life and Deathnew

Ten years after identifying his brother as the Unabomber, David Kaczynski talks about what the experience cost him, and what it taught him about the criminal-justice system.

Metroland | Rick Marshall | 01-27-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: terrorism, Life, justice, capital, crime, Criminal, David, death, forgiveness, kaczynski, murder, penalty, punishment, Ted, unabomber

Risky Businessnew

As violence escalates at Phoenix house parties, some are blaming party-crew rivalry.

Phoenix New Times | Paul Rubin | 01-24-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Reluctant Witnessnew

To find out how pervasive racism is at the Springfield, Ill. Police Department, just ask the city's top African-American cop.

Illinois Times | Dusty Rhodes | 01-20-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Muscles, Murder, and a Messiahnew

Gil Fernandez Jr. could be responsible for as many as nine murders, but if he's truly repentant, his former prosecutor says, he needs to confess his sins.

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Trevor Aaronson | 01-17-2006 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice