AltWeeklies Wire
Get With the Programmingnew
To some, it is a useful training program; to others, a cult -- either way, NXIVM and founder Keith Raniere remain embroiled in controversy.
Metroland |
Chet Hardin |
08-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Sammy Flippen's Clemency Bidnew
No two capital murder cases are alike, but even at that, Sammy Flippen's case seems altogether different.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
08-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Caged Lionnew
Environmentalist Rod Coronado returns to prison a decade after his radical heyday.
L.A. Weekly |
Susan Zakin |
08-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Baby-faced Hoodlumsnew
Little Saigon's Vietnamese teen gangsters are tough guys prone to murder and home invasion robberies, but they also regularly attend services at local Buddhist temples.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
08-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Gone In 50 Secondsnew
Two young men loved the same girl, but only the soldier was trained to kill.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
08-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Term for the Wertsnew
Despite overwhelming support, a model prisoner misses yet another chance at freedom.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Frank Rubino |
08-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Long Road Homenew
For most female felons, it's one thing to get out of prison -- and another to stay out.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
08-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Killer Insidenew
Troy Victorino was just convicted of killing six people, with the jury recommending the death penalty -- he spoke with us from prison.
Orlando Weekly |
Elizabeth Randall |
08-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bad Boysnew
One Springfield detective showed up intoxicated three times at crime scenes, and plodded through a victim's blood in his flip-flops; another falsified records to help an informant, according to a preliminary report by a state-police investigator.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
08-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Fall Guynew
Former Philadelphia City Councilman Rick Mariano, convicted on federal corruption charges, will soon report to prison for a 6.5-year sentence -- he spent some of his remaining days taking to us.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Hickey |
08-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Hero in His Own Eyesnew
This is the untold story of Eric Robert Rudolph.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Freeman |
08-03-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Doing Justicenew
Bernard Bara's case could fill a textbook for a course called Kangaroo Court 101 -- but he is finally free.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
08-02-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
High Currencynew
Glenn Grossenbacher has recovered millions of dollars for the government -- sometimes the feds are his biggest obstacle.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
08-02-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The New Face of Slaverynew
Kidnapping, indentured servitude and torture are the latest hazards of the world's oldest profession.
Pasadena Weekly |
Andre Coleman and Kevin Uhrich |
08-01-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Daddy's Girl
An investigation into Lisa Tanner’s arrest and brutal
detention has morphed into a personal and political crisis for her father, Florida State Attorney John Tanner.
Folio Weekly |
Nadia Ramoutar |
08-01-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
