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A Most Vexing Tenantnew
Peter Muntjan is willing to fight a million-dollar libel suit for his right to call his landlord a crook.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
05-22-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Improbable Causenew
Homeowners furious over cops' dawn raid.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
05-17-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
John McCormick, the Missing Attorney That Never Should Have Gotten Awaynew
How did a kind and hard-working man get himself into such trouble and infect so many others along the way? And why didn't the state stop him when they had the chance?
INDY Week |
Jeff Stern |
05-17-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Tased and Not Confusednew
To lawyer in a jailhouse-tasing incident, missing footage is no shocker.
OC Weekly |
Nick Schou |
05-15-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Anand Jon's Fashion Foulsnew
The clothing designer prowled the country for fresh, young models -- many of them claim their encounters with him ended in rape.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
05-15-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Former Country Superstar, Now Starring in a Courtroom Near Younew
Beginning in 1998 and intensifying after 2002, Doug Supernaw's arrests and trials have grown more numerous while his concerts, save for drunken karaoke performances, have dwindled and his albums have ceased.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
05-14-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Judge Excludes Informant's Statementsnew
As the federal kidnapping trial of James Ford Seale approaches, the judge in the case excluded statements from a deceased informant but admitted statements Seale made to FBI agents 40 years ago. The trial begins May 31.
Jackson Free Press |
Matt Saldana |
05-14-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Twenty Questions for Chicago's Mayornew
Lawyers for police torture victims are trying to get Mayor Daley on the stand -- we've got a few things to ask him too.
Chicago Reader |
John Conroy |
05-14-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Two Indian Sisters Get a Crude Intro to American Lifenew
Their uncle gave Jagwinder and Gurbinder so much -- but he had taken his share too, in the form kisses, touches and burnt cars.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
05-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Photo Essay: A Life Sentencenew
For some, Mother's Day is about loss, not celebration.
INDY Week |
Justin Cook |
05-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Drugs, Murder & Deceitnew
The double life of a criminal formerly known as the Atlanta mayor's son-in-law.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
05-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Price of Murdernew
In 2005, in one of the most concentrated bursts of deadly violence Boston had seen in years, nine victims were killed in 20 days -- we revisit nine murder cases we reported on two years ago.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
05-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Philip Workman Asserted His Innocence 'Til the Endnew
But he was pronounced dead at 1:38 a.m. Wednesday, making him the third inmate put to death in Tennessee in 47 years despite evidence casting new doubt on his guilt and growing concerns that supposedly benign lethal injections may actually cause excruciating pain.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
05-09-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Guilty of Needing Staffnew
Over 200 inmates have asked Connecticut's Innocence Project for help, of whom at least 140 meet basic criteria, but it's unlikely they'll get the help James Tillman did -- the group has no staff or budget.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
05-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Growing Up Gangsternew
The acquittal of Jawanza Brown turned into a trial of living in the inner city.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
05-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
