AltWeeklies Wire
Let's Go To the Videonew
A California woman claims she was gang-raped by six men, but the video of the night's events might just prove otherwise.
  
    OC Weekly  |  
    R. Scott Moxley  |  
    02-10-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  Coincidence?new
Domestic violence reports spike on Super Bowl Sunday.
  
    The Stranger  |  
    Charles Mudede  |  
    02-09-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  He Wigged Outnew
A Georgia man dressed up like a woman to kidnap his ex-wife.
  
    Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  
    Coley Ward  |  
    02-09-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  The Trials of Mandla Dubenew
During a mysterious psychotic episode, a South African filmmaker threatened to kill his children --  did our justice system protect his family over the next year or simply destroy it?
  
    L.A. Weekly  |  
    Kenneth Miller  |  
    02-09-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  Supermax Explodesnew
An inmate's wife and a sheriff come to terms with a riot.
  
    L.A. Weekly  |  
    Celeste Fremon  |  
    02-09-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    
  The Disappearednew
If you've got a missing relative, maybe you should look in the jail -- good luck with that.
  
    Dallas Observer  |  
    Jesse Hyde  |  
    02-07-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    
  The Case of the Grim Tweakernew
Officer Dave Uribe's murder made no sense, until detectives made the killer as a doper bent on shooting a cop.
  
    Phoenix New Times  |  
    Paul Rubin  |  
    02-06-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    
  Spilled Bloodnew
This cop wants to clean up your crime scene -- just ignore those spots on her own record.
  
    The Pitch  |  
    Nadia Pflaum  |  
    02-06-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    
  Love and Hatenew
An interracial couple and a racist cop -- you know this will go bad.
  
    Cleveland Scene  |  
    Kevin Hoffman  |  
    02-06-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    
  A Family in Need of Closurenew
 
    
    More than five years after a young Nebraska woman was brutally murdered in Mississippi, her mother wants answers -- and her body back.
  
    Jackson Free Press  |  
    Donna Ladd  |  
    02-03-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  The Well-Connected Molesternew
David Newman liked his pals at MySpace.com as much as children of celebrities -- then he helped bring down a prosecutor.
  
    L.A. Weekly  |  
    Jeffrey Anderson  |  
    02-03-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  Taking It to Courtnew
Springfield, Ill. Police Department Chief Don Kliment will be named as the defendant in a lawsuit from the unlikeliest of sources -- next-door
neighbor and fellow union activist Ron Vose.
  
    Illinois Times  |  
    Dusty Rhodes  |  
    02-03-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  Betting the Bowlsnew
A bookie leads a tenuous existence on point spreads, endorphins and the power of 11-to-10 odds.
  
    Nashville Scene  |  
    Rob Simbeck  |  
    02-02-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  Protest Leads to Prisonnew
Vermont peace activist Robin Lloyd was sentenced to jailtime for trespassing at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (formerly School of the Americas) in Fort Benning, Ga., during a protest.
  
    Seven Days  |  
    Cathy Resmer  |  
    02-01-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
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  Trick or Treatmentnew
Court-ordered classes for two-bit crooks: Are they a waste of time and money?
  
    Riverfront Times  |  
    Kristen Hinman  |  
    01-31-2006  | 
    Crime & Justice
  
  
  
    Tags: crime & justice