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