AltWeeklies Wire
The Gang Couldn't Wear Hair Straightnew
 
    
    The Jheri Curls of New York City made everybody else's hair curl.
  
    The Village Voice  |  
    Felix Gillette  |  
    06-07-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  Unchecked Powers
The NSA spying is yet another incident where the Bush administration is working beyond the reach of law.
  
    Random Lengths News  |  
    Paul Rosenberg  |  
    06-06-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  'No New Evidence'new
The grand jury investigation of the Rhoads murders continues, but Randy Steidl is no longer a target.
  
    Illinois Times  |  
    Dusty Rhodes  |  
    06-05-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  Freezergatenew
The FBI's search of Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson's property has led to a constitutional crisis that no one seems to understand.
  
    Boston Phoenix  |  
    Harvey Silverglate  |  
    06-01-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  Hunting Pervertsnew
Internet vigilante Xavier Von Erck makes the Big Time.
  
    Willamette Week  |  
    Angela Valdez  |  
    05-31-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: dateline nbc, perverted justice
  Avenging an Angel
Oklahoma residents have wondered for nearly 25 years who killed Debra Sue Carter -- three men have been found guilty, but all three convictions were thrown out.
  
    Oklahoma Gazette  |  
    Scott Cooper  |  
    05-31-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  'They Almost Killed Me in There'new
Has "solitary confinement" in Pennsylvania become code for "torture"?
  
    Philadelphia Weekly  |  
    Frank Rubino  |  
    05-30-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  'I Lost Louis Eugene Craft!'new
A California judge put a pre-trial defendant in jail and then forgot about him for 494 days.
  
    OC Weekly  |  
    R. Scott Moxley  |  
    05-26-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  No Atlanta Investigationnew
Why hasn't APD begun looking for two Mexican men?
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Alyssa Abkowitz  |  
    05-25-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  The Dominique Samuels Murdernew
Considering that he allegedly attacked a 19-year-old, strangled her to death, doused her body in gasoline, and set it ablaze, it's a wonder nobody's asked why Rodrick James Taylor was out of custody in the first place.
  
    Boston Phoenix  |  
    David S. Bernstein  |  
    05-25-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  Unforgivennew
Jon Maack was 14 when he raped a 9-year-old relative -- here's the life of one sex offender, five years later.
  
    Willamette Week  |  
    Angela Valdez  |  
    05-24-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  Shooting at the OCCnew
San Francisco's police union claims the problem isn't rogue cops, but the agency that investigates them.
  
    San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  
    G.W. Schulz  |  
    05-24-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  The Devil and Doyle Davidsonnew
Did a preacher's obsessions push Dena Schlosser over the edge?
  
    Dallas Observer  |  
    Glenna Whitley  |  
    05-23-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    
  Wrong End of the Gunnew
When "Willie" Burrell got shot seven times and survived, he learned that what doesn't kill you can turn your life around.
  
    Missoula Independent  |  
    John S. Adams  |  
    05-18-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  Jailhouse Crocknew
 
    
    Bruce Samuelson may have been a thief, a forger, an abusive husband and a snitch -- but did he wrongly send a California man to his death?
  
    Willamette Week  |  
    Ian Demsky  |  
    05-17-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice