AltWeeklies Wire
The 'Jewish' Connew
Incarcerated gang members are abusing freedom of religion to get special treatment.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
03-01-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Big Troublenew
Gary Haney's dream was to be the Larry Flynt of the Rockies, but his big needs -- for sex, drugs and money -- took him down.
Westword |
Jared Jacang Maher |
02-28-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Free Timenew
The Innocence Project has set its sights on Philadelphia lifer George Booker.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steve Volk |
02-27-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Chasenew
More cops are finally patrolling the areas around Kansas City, but they're hardly a match for meth.
The Pitch |
Bryan Noonan |
02-27-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Minimum Wage, Minimum Justicenew
In Quebec, a small legal aid expansion still leaves justice inaccessible to many.
Montreal Mirror |
Kristian Gravenor |
02-24-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Knockout Shotnew
How did former boxer Michael Hunter end up shot dead on a rooftop by LAPD undercover cops?
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
02-23-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Crossing Linesnew
Donte Smith protested Latin American killings and ended up sentenced to federal prison.
Houston Press |
Margaret Downing |
02-21-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: protest, School of the Americas
Femme Fatalenew
Brenda Denton's life ended in the kind of mystery she would have loved to solve.
Westword |
Jessica Centers |
02-21-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Trials of a White Supremacistnew
A gang leader and murder suspect affiliated with the Aryan Brotherhood says he was brutalized by jail deputies.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
02-17-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
To Catch a Killernew
With the click of a button, Kurt Mausert located the man indicted in the stabbing death of his brother, something prosecutors failed to do for 27 years.
Metroland |
David King |
02-16-2006 |
Crime & Justice
From 'Spy' to Psychoticnew
After she was accused of being a spy for Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government, former journalist Susan Lindauer dropped off the radar, but her story remains strange -- she is currently confined to a federal mental facility and has not yet had her day in court.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
02-15-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Haven Can Waitnew
Baby Kaleem's rescue suggests Florida's well-known safe haven law is flawed.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Julia Reischel |
02-14-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Vicious Cyclenew
His parents had high hopes for Contrell Townsend, but the 17-year-old wound up stabbed to death -- like both of his grandfathers.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
02-14-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Dancing Around the Pollsnew
Ex-offenders fight for voting rights in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
02-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Girl Troublenew
The Los Angeles juvenile detention system is filled with young women and their gang rivalries, sexually charged lives and anger management issues.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Bonnie Schindler |
02-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
