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Beers for a Racist

The man behind one of Florida's most notorious hate crimes has spent years dodging the media -- but he's relatively easy to find.

Folio Weekly | Susan Cooper Eastman | 12-20-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Mae, Chappell, Johnnie

Locked Outnew

As the nation debates voting rights for ex-offenders, the Colorado ACLU initiates a class-action lawsuit that would expand rights to felons on parole.

Boulder Weekly | Grace Hood | 12-08-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

The maximum-security, solitary-confinement facility inside Maine State Prison is meant to be a place for prisoners who are threats to others. Testimony from six prisoners and a videotape prove it's a place where inmates are mistreated.

Portland Phoenix | Lance Tapley | 11-14-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Houston Gets Hit With Its Own Hurricane Surgenew

The people who found refuge from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in Houston's Astrodome brought with them countless stories.

Houston Press | Richard Connelly, Ray Hafner and Todd Spivak | 09-12-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: animal rescue, emergency relief, relocation

Jail Bates?

DA Wes Lane says Brian Bates, Oklahoma City's "Video Vigilante," paid prostitutes to have sex on camera. Bates says it's a setup and has documents to back up his claim.

Oklahoma Gazette | Ben Fenwick | 09-07-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Badge of Honornew

Veteran trooper Michale Callahan found the investigation of a brutal double murder was riddled with errors, and evidence led to another suspect with ties to high state officials. He recently won a judgment against his ex-supervisors in a case that's shaken the Illinois State Police.

Illinois Times | Dusty Rhodes | 08-26-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

The Pot Granny and the Airportnew

Without even meaning to, a distinguished Seattle grandmother recently joined a select group -- one including high-profile athletes, celebrity singers, politicians and a narcotics prosecutor -- by getting nabbed with a personal stash at an airport.

Seattle Weekly | Tim Appelo | 08-17-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Charged! Details of Murder Suspect's Long-Awaited Arrestnew

For nine years, former Nashville lawyer Perry March eluded arrest in his wife's disappearance and presumed murder. Now, he's been deported from Mexico and charged with her killing and abuse of her still missing corpse.

Nashville Scene | John Spragens | 08-11-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

A Quiet Crime Spreenew

Matthew Hattabaugh had a simple scheme for getting rich: He opened up a fake bank and started taking deposits. $650,000 later the feds caught up with him. But apparently felony charges didn't even slow him down.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | G.W. Schulz and A.C. Thompson | 07-20-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Policing Gaysnew

Nashville cops use confidential informants to target gay chat rooms and lure homosexual men into trading and selling drugs. This undercover operation changed the life of one man who may well be innocent.

Nashville Scene | Matt Pulle | 06-22-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Beat By The System: An Abused Woman's Story

Larae Rebecca Geiger didn't have an easy childhood or one that promised great things. Neither did it suggest she’d be brought down in a rain of bullets before her 30th birthday.

Folio Weekly | Susan Clark Armstrong | 06-22-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Terror in Training

The roots of 9/11 reach all the way to Oklahoma. Exactly what was Zacarias Moussaoui doing in Norman when he attended Airman Flight School?

Oklahoma Gazette | Ben Fenwick and Rob Collins | 05-18-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: 9/11, Moussaoui, Zacarias

Leading With Her Heartnew

Manlin Chee, an outspoken immigration lawyer, is in federal prison after she was targeted by an FBI sting operation. Her case raises questions about the fate of those who speak up for immigrants.

INDY Week | Barbara Solow | 05-02-2005 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Immigration, Patriot Act, FBI