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
Tags: crime & justice
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
Tags: crime & justice
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
Tags: crime & justice
Peace and Punishmentnew

St. Louis judges turn to Transcendental Meditation to rehab convicted felons.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
03-13-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'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
Tags: crime & justice
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
Tags: crime & justice
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