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Restoring Texas' Claim to Capital Punishment Famenew
After 23 years, executions in Texas have lost their buzz. No longer is the state appalling the conscience of the world. Fortunately, there is a solution: torture.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
06-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Good Cop Wastednew
The 1999 WTO debacle brought down Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper, one of America's most progressive cops. Now he's published a memoir offering a frank look at his rise and fall, and the challenges of reforming law enforcement.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
06-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Justice Junkies
Lou Rubin started watching trials in Chicago's Dirksen Building in the early 1980s, joining a group of about 30 retirees, almost all of them male, who visited the courthouse daily. Court employees gave him a surprise party when he turned 90.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
05-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Grand Inquisitor
Lawyers who present oral arguments before a higher court are often interrupted. But those interruptions usually mean the judges have read the briefs and are paying attention.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
05-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
What They See and What They Don't
Arrests and even criminal convictions are usually inadmissible. But this defendant's chances may have got a boost when he was allowed to tell the jury about his educational background.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
05-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Stripper Gets Things Off Her Chest, Implicates Docnew
A Diamond Cabaret stripper with a new set of breasts found herself addicted to Percocet, a painkiller her doctor would no longer prescribe. That's when a fellow dancer told her about a local doctor's prescriptions-for-porno deal.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
04-28-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Exonerated Man Gets a Long-Awaited Second Chancenew
Ray Krone's got it all. An extreme makeover. Settlement money. Problem is, he can't seem to forgive those who screwed up and put him on Arizona's death row.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
04-26-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Recording Industry Finds New Battlegroundnew
Last week, the Recording Industry Association of America announced it would sue up to 25 students at each of 18 universities around the country, including Georgia Tech, for Internet2 file-sharing.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
04-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Eyes in the Skynew
When you play with fate at a house of chance, people like Todd Steffen are watching.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
04-15-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Dreaming in Green, the Young Become Drug Lords
Some North Idaho twentysomethings describe how they got caught up in the Pacific Northwest’s largest cash crop — B.C. Bud.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
04-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Emory Professor Keeps Fighting Holocaust Deniernew
April 11 will mark the fifth anniversary of Deborah Lipstadt's resounding victory in a British courtroom against Holocaust denier David Irving.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
04-07-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Objector to War
Aidan Delgado, a young soldier with four medals, an honorable discharge and photos of the war in Iraq, saw firsthand the abuses of Abu Ghraib prison and then decided to become a conscientious objector.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
04-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Toll of Gunshot Woundsnew
For survivors of Baltimore's street violence, the effects of gunshot wounds are written on the body--and on the life they lead once they leave the hospital.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jefferson Jackson Steele |
03-30-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Ex-Lawman Finally Free to Speaknew
An Illinois State Highway Patrol officer alleges he was prevented from investigating a brutal 1986 murder because the most likely suspect was a powerful campaign contributor to former governor George Ryan.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
03-25-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Despite Setback, Advocates Work to Overturn Rape Convictionnew
A growing legion of supporters, including ex-cops, believe 43-year-old Ronald Bower has wrongly spent the last 14 years in prison on rape charges -- even though a justice denied a motion to vacate his conviction March 23. A Long Island Press investigation considers the evidence that someone else was the "silver-gun rapist."
Long Island Press |
Amy Fisher with Robbie Woliver and Lauren Wolfe |
03-24-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
