AltWeeklies Wire
Just Bustednew
Public defenders are underfunded and overworked but uniquely positioned to change the way we think about crime, poverty, and punishment.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Davis |
02-27-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Public Defenders
West Memphis Three are Freednew
Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin were released from custody Friday in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The three men plead guilty in exchange being released for time served.
The Memphis Flyer |
Flyer Staff |
08-19-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Former Prostitutes Visit the Local Women's Prison With Message of Hopenew
Katrina Robertson and several others from Nashville's Magdalene program, a nonprofit residential treatment program to help prostitutes turn their lives around, visited the women's prison this week as part of the "Find Your Way Home" national prison tour.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
01-15-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Profanity Police in Memphis?new
During the Center City Commission's (CCC) pilot program to curb aggressive panhandling downtown, safety patrol officers also reprimanded people for loitering and profanity.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
10-03-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tourist or Terrorist?new
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office and the FBI teach people to spot potential terrorists.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
04-04-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Little G's in Memphisnew
As the city's gang members get younger, schools and law enforcement struggle to turn the tide.
The Memphis Flyer |
Tony Jones |
02-22-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Memphis Woman Uses Infant To Pull Robberiesnew
Kids! They do the darndest things.
The Memphis Flyer |
Staff |
07-16-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Inside the Memphis Police Dept's New Data-Driven Policing Programnew
Operation Blue Crush battles Memphis' crime problem -- and an epidemic of black-on-black violence.
The Memphis Flyer |
Preston Lauterbach |
04-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
