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As Virginia Jail Inmates Prepare for Release, Challenges Aboundnew

Of the roughly 4,800 men who are inmates each year at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail, 72 go through the eight-week Re-entry program. Who gets tapped is mainly a matter of scheduling, but once on the list, they're given a choice: Take the eight-week course, or lose as much as six months time off they've earned for good behavior.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Erika Howsare  |  09-02-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Like a Virgin? How Cops Pose as Kids to Catch Internet Pervsnew

Internet sex crimes, I was told, are like crack was in the '80s: unknown and ready to explode. So the first thing I ask Lieutenant Greg Jenkins, head of the Albemarle PD Investigative Division, is, why is all this internet sex stuff such a big deal?
C-Ville Weekly  |  J. Tobias Beard  |  11-19-2008  |  Crime & Justice

Does Charlottesville Have a Gang Problem?new

Gunplay and violence in the city's poorest neighborhoods: Are they the work of turf thugs, copy cats, or real-life gang bangers -- and once a shot is fired, what difference does it make, anyway?
C-Ville Weekly  |  Scott Weaver  |  07-09-2008  |  Crime & Justice

In Virginia, a Semantic Battle Over the Death Penaltynew

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's April 16 decision on lethal injection, the state's Democrats and Republicans fight the "reprieve" vs. "moratorium" battle via press release.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Scott Weaver  |  04-23-2008  |  Crime & Justice

Follow the Guns Up the Iron Pipelinenew

How did 14 firearms stolen in Charlottesville end up in the hands of New York police?
C-Ville Weekly  |  Scott Weaver  |  10-10-2007  |  Crime & Justice

Looking for Lessons from VT Shootingnew

Panel meets locally to hear from campus police, parents of victims.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Will Goldsmith  |  07-30-2007  |  Crime & Justice

Virginia Gives $1.9 Million in Wrongful Imprisonment Casenew

State will compensate former death row inmate Earl Washington Jr.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Meg McEvoy  |  04-04-2007  |  Crime & Justice

Inmates Meditate to Find Peacenew

Meditation skills will no doubt help inmates once they get out -- but for those who get turned down for parole year after year, meditation is a way of coping with the day-to-day.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Meg McEvoy  |  03-29-2007  |  Crime & Justice

Aged Witnesses Cling to False Memoriesnew

UVA study: Young folks less certain when wrong.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Carrie Wellman  |  03-07-2007  |  Crime & Justice

MySpace Buddying Up to A.G.?new

The online social network supports shutting out sex offenders.
C-Ville Weekly  |  Meg McEvoy  |  12-20-2006  |  Crime & Justice

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