AltWeeklies Wire
Remaking Prisonsnew
Now's our chance to design a system that actually works.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
08-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Eyewitness to What?new
Taking a hard look at witness identification.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
08-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Prosecutors, Defense Lawyers and Even Cops Like Taping Lawnew
In January, Wisconsin joined a growing number of states that require police to record interviews with adult suspects in felony cases, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2005 imposed the same mandate on all juvenile interrogations.
Isthmus |
Jason Shepard |
08-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Man Sits in Prison With a Life Sentence for Murdernew
But a team of advocates, from former FBI agents to a veteran TV newsman, says he was railroaded while the real killer remains free.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
08-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Fledgling Guardian Angels Called to Lake Worth, Fla.new
But would the Guardian Angels be able to swoop in like comic-book heroes and save the city? Would they have any effect at all?
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Ashley Harrell |
08-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
OC Murderer Escapes Death Row -- for Nownew
Jury deadlocks on "ultimate" punishment for Michael Lamb.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
08-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Police Shootings Are On the Rise in Phillynew
But the watchdogs continue to go unheeded.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
08-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Free Lionel Tatenew
New evidence in the notorious bad boy's latest crime.
Miami New Times |
Francisco Alvarado |
08-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Dirty Dancingnew
It takes two to tango -- but women say you need to watch out for this one.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
08-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Bust Goes Bustnew
A former Dallas Police officer says her partner had no right to search a car for drugs.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
08-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Lack of Employees, Not Space, Is Overcrowding Prisonsnew
Washington's Department of Corrections can't fill positions to open a new $39 million facility.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
08-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
How Did Dallas Convict So Many Innocents?new
With faulty eyewitnesses, sloppy police work and overzealous prosecutors.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
08-06-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Brattleboro Stunned by Police Use of Tasers on Protestersnew
The heat is on the cops for allegedly using electronic stun guns repeatedly on the green-thumbed guerillas.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
08-03-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Paper to Pen: Coverage for Incarcerated Readersnew
A San Antonio Current special issue geared towards prisoner issues.
San Antonio Current |
Staff |
08-02-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
No-beg Zone: Springfiled's Anti-panhandling Ordinancenew
Illinois considers fines or community service for panhandling.
Illinois Times |
Amanda Robert |
08-02-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
