AltWeeklies Wire
How Much Time is Enough?new
With no real guidance to judges, sentencing might as well involve a magic wand.
NOW Magazine |
Alan Young |
06-29-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Copping a Budget Pleanew
Money woes and time limits mean that more NYPD misconduct will go unpunished.
The Village Voice |
Jarrett Murphy |
06-28-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Shady Justice?new
Oregon prosecutors may have nailed the wrong man for manslaughter.
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
06-22-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Starring on Court TVnew
John Oliver, a medium and local bookstore owner, joins psychic profilers and paranormal investigators at long-cold crime scenes to see what they can detect on Court TV.
Style Weekly |
Melissa Scott Sinclair |
06-22-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Morchower Faces Chargesnew
The lawyer representing the family of a girl who's murder sparked national news is being disciplined by the state bar.
Style Weekly |
Donna Gregory |
06-22-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Going Barlessnew
With a new, gender-conscious approach to incarceration, California officials are looking to move thousands of women out of the overcrowded high-security prisons and into small, private treatment centers.
L.A. Alternative |
Kimberly Thorpe |
06-20-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Resisting Reformnew
A judge extends federal oversight over the LAPD for three more years, but the department shows little willingness to change.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Tom Hayden |
06-16-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Watch and Learnnew
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Westword |
Jessica Centers |
06-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Straight From the Horsehead's Mouthnew
Gaetano "Tommy Horsehead" Scafidi turned state's evidence against his fellow South Philly mob associates in 2001 -- though he's had enough of the witness protection program, he can't go home again.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Ralph Cipriano |
06-12-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Time Heals No Woundsnew
A judge has to intervene on behalf of an inmate to save his infected leg.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
06-12-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Death of a Salesman
Julius Adelman waited years for his customers to pay off their refrigerators, dish sets, and linens. His son Steve waited much longer for his father's alleged killers to face justice.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Cherkis |
06-09-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Unhappy Anniversary
Who murdered April Barber?
Oklahoma Gazette |
Jim Chastain |
06-09-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Florida
Convictions Barely Scratch Surface
Enron's Lay and Skilling face multi-decade sentences, but the biggest crimes and co-conspirators go unpunished.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
06-08-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Terror In the Detailsnew
It's horrifying to think that homegrown terrorists would plot to bomb targets here in Toronto -- but if you read between the lines of the police version and the media's presentation of events, questions abound.
NOW Magazine |
Staff |
06-08-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Sex Murder Filesnew
A serial killer may be stalking L.A.'s prostitutes.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
06-08-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
