AltWeeklies Wire
Justice at Last?new
Alvin Sykes may be a high school dropout, but he knows how to make senators listen and murderers sweat.
  
    The Pitch  |  
    C.J. Janovy  |  
    03-28-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    
  Seattle's Mass Killernew
Police have questioned the twin brother of a man who shot six young people and then himself.
  
    Seattle Weekly  |  
    Rick Anderson and Philip Dawdy  |  
    03-27-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  Monster's Ballnew
The feds and the Aryan Brotherhood come to paint the Orange County courthouse white.
  
    OC Weekly  |  
    R. Scott Moxley  |  
    03-24-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  The Prison Kingnew
"Z" gave his favorite white inmates drugs, weapons and the freedom to roam.
  
    L.A. Weekly  |  
    Christine Pelisek  |  
    03-23-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  Moussaoui's Guiltnew
Is it less profound than the FBI's own negligence?
  
    The Village Voice  |  
    James Ridgeway  |  
    03-22-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  Death Sentencenew
Jail personnel in Arizona handled an unruly prisoner so harshly that he died -- so what else is new?
  
    Phoenix New Times  |  
    John Dougherty  |  
    03-21-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  The Naked Truthnew
 
    
    While the grunts take the heat, the brass at one Florida police department remain unscathed by a scandal that inflated the department's crime-fighting prowess.
  
    New Times Broward-Palm Beach  |  
    Wyatt Olson  |  
    03-20-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    
  A Dangerous Mindnew
By day, he was a popular law student -- but by night, he was a bank robber with blood on his hands.
  
    Cleveland Scene  |  
    Jared Klaus  |  
    03-20-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice
  Never-Ending Sentencenew
 
    
    When have felons finally paid their dues?
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Tim Vanderpool  |  
    03-16-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  Rae of Sunshinenew
Emily Rae Rice's friends and family want to know why she died in jail.
  
    Westword  |  
    Adam Cayton-Holland  |  
    03-14-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  Peace and Punishmentnew
 
    
    St. Louis judges turn to Transcendental Meditation to rehab convicted felons.
  
    Riverfront Times  |  
    Kristen Hinman  |  
    03-13-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  'You Have All the Pie I Want to Eat'new
A high-ranking California cop is nabbed by a decoy 13-year-old in an Internet pedophile sting.
  
    OC Weekly  |  
    R. Scott Moxley  |  
    03-03-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    
  It Doesn't Add Upnew
An official record of hours worked may have been faked to help a police informant in Illinois.
  
    Illinois Times  |  
    Dusty Rhodes  |  
    03-03-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  Requiem For a Tweakernew
 
    
    Thomas O'Dell, a meth addict, successfully completed drug treatment in prison, was released early and lived an exemplary life -- so how did he end up back in prison?
  
    Illinois Times  |  
    Bruce Rushton  |  
    03-03-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  Trumped-Up Terroristsnew
There are doubts about the feds' claim that a father and son recruited U.S. citizens for training at radical religious schools and raised money for "international jihadist groups."
  
    L.A. Weekly  |  
    John Ryan  |  
    03-02-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: WAR