AltWeeklies Wire
Mohamed and “The Terror Factory”new
A look inside the Fed's counterterrorism campaign from the vantage point of an upcoming trial of the Portland Xmas tree bomber.
Willamette Week |
Trevor Aaronson |
01-09-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Terror
The First 30 Secondsnew
Portland hopes to shield the mentally ill from excessive force by putting the right cop on the scene.
Willamette Week |
Andrea Damewood |
12-18-2012 |
Crime & Justice
L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemicnew
The city ignores a crisis of car-as-weapon crime in the streets.
L.A. Weekly |
Simone Wilson |
12-07-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Will Juvenile Lifers Get a Second Chance?new
They're a tribe within a tribe, aging cons whose adolescent crimes have been deemed so unredeemable that they are condemned to die behind bars, with no hope of release. But hope is hard to kill, even among convicted killers.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
11-30-2012 |
Crime & Justice
The Cash Machinenew
How the Philly D.A. seizes millions in alleged crime money — whether there's been a crime or not.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Isaiah Thompson |
11-30-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Jumping the Gunnew
Accusations, anger build in Oxnard, Calif. as its police department waits for results of brutality investigations.
Ventura County Reporter |
Justin Formanek |
11-26-2012 |
Crime & Justice
What Life is Like in Solitary Confinementnew
Solitary confinement is expensive, psychologically damaging and ineffective. So why do we use it?
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
11-01-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Solitary confinement
Why Have Jail Suicides Soared in Bexar County, Texas?new
Up until 2009, suicides were rare at the Bexar County jail. More common were inmates dying from natural causes, like liver failure or complications from lung cancer.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
10-17-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Your Word Is Your Bondnew
Travis County moves toward broader pretrial release of the accused. Commercial bondsmen say it will never work.
Austin Chronicle |
JORDAN SMITH |
10-17-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: bonds
Are Suffolk Police Playing Politics by Leaving FBI Gang Task Force?new
Amid the largest MS-13 takedown in the country, a key component is yanked out of the FBI's Gang Task Force. Is money to blame? Or is it bruised egos?
Long Island Press |
Shelly Feuer Domash, Timothy Bolger and Christopher Twarowski |
10-15-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Convicted Sex Offender Made a New Life in VT With a Soldier's Stolen IDnew
For six years, David P. Oswald III allegedly pulled off a stunning fraud, living under an assumed identity in Vermont.
Seven Days |
Andy Bromage |
10-12-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Long Island's $2M-a-Year Counterfeiting Problemnew
An inside look at the illegal counterfeiting trade on Long Island, its origins, and the Secret Service's struggle to stop it.
Long Island Press |
Rashed Mian |
10-05-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: counterfeiting
Justice Deniednew
A tangled bureaucracy has left tribal communities facing an epidemic of violent crime.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Colleen Keane |
10-05-2012 |
Crime & Justice
I Watched Him Dienew
From my second-story desk window at the Salt Lake City Weekly office, I watched a standoff unfold between police and Anthony Mayhew, who’d threatened to blow himself up in front of our offices.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Eric S. Peterson |
10-05-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Anthony Mayhew
New Tactic for Crime?new
Detroit cops to target gang members with 'cease fire' strategy.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
09-26-2012 |
Crime & Justice
