AltWeeklies Wire
Survivor of a Rape That Made Headlines Tells Her Storynew
A woman raped at 18 describes how she was traumatized by the event and the fallout from a false news report about a rookie police officer who supposedly could have prevented the attack.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
03-07-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Answer in Baton Rouge?new
Potter looks at positive alternatives to juvenile detention centers.
Jackson Free Press |
Brett Potter |
02-24-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
First Do No Harm: State Struggles with Record of Juvenile Injusticenew
The state of Mississippi has abused and tortured juvenile delinquents for years. Will a federal lawsuit finally prompt change?
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd and Brett Potter |
02-24-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Convict Has Little Chance in Hell of Cheating Hangman
There was plenty of motive indicating Jimmie Ray Slaughter killed Melody Wuertz and her baby, Jessica. Now important evidence is in question as he faces a date with death.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick |
02-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
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Government Indictment Vindicates Asbestos Victimsnew
Four days after President George W. Bush derided "frivolous" asbestos lawsuits in an appearance in Great Falls, Mont., the U.S. government filed an asbestos claim of its own against mining company W.R. Grace.
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
02-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Can a Gay Man in Akron Be Raped?new
Though slow in starting, the investigation yielded results. But even DNA evidence couldn't convince a jury that "Alan" was raped.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
02-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Block Therapynew
Budget woes in the Philadelphia prison system mean that jailed sex offenders won't receive the therapy they need.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Mike Newall |
02-03-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Deaf Man Duped by 'Misleading' Brokernew
Lester Wimbley was only trying to refinance his home in Decatur, Ga. But within months of contacting a broker, a lawsuit claims, he had unwittingly sold his home and was forced to pay thousands of unnecessary dollars to the broker and the home's buyer.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
01-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
U.S. Regulators Ignore Massive Parmalat Fraudnew
The roar of U.S. silence in regard to the bankruptcy of the Parma, Italy-based food conglomerate gives the impression that it was a foreign affair. But evidence shows it was a largely American job.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
01-19-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Neighborhood Death Tollnew
Five of Terrell Fowlkes' friends were murdered in 2004 -- his best friend was shot in front of him and died at his feet. He's just one of many young men in East Baltimore trying to find meaning in a neighborhood where homicide is part of everyday life.
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
01-19-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Agent of Changenew
In 1989, FBI Special Agent Jon Lipsky led the first and only government raid on a nuclear-weapons plant. Now he's left his job to tell the world what he found.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
01-06-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Case That Hauntsnew
The most notorious cold case in the history of the St. Louis Police Department, the murder of a girl whose decapitated body was found in a basement in 1983, still haunts homicide detectives.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
12-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
To Re-Catch a Thiefnew
For the old cat burglars known as The Dinnerset Gang, all that's left is a movie script, a book proposal, and undying hatred for one another.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
12-06-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
HIV: Criminal Intentnew
Anthony Whitfield was recently convicted in Olympia, Wash., in one of the nation's worst HIV assault cases. But his prosecution raises serious questions about who is being charged with spreading the AIDS virus -- or not.
Seattle Weekly |
Mark D. Fefer |
11-30-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Persecuted Pants Pooper Loses Brooklyn-Based Supportnew
Troy Musil went out drinking, ate lunch the next afternoon and shat his pants. The biological problems were only the beginning. It's Musil's behavior after the accident that caught the attention of authorities, and of a scatological Web master.
New York Press |
Jamie Pietras |
11-17-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
