AltWeeklies Wire
Execution of Underworld Family Member Goes Unsolvednew
Phil Corbin took pride in his link to Kansas City’s notorious Cammisano mobsters. Maybe that’s why he’s dead.
The Pitch |
Kendrick Blackwood |
01-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
One-Time Thief Makes It Big in Miami's Towing Industrynew
Laurie Lichtman was sentenced to life in prison for her part in a notorious armed robbery, but she got out after 10 years. She's now a minor luminary in Miami politics and a thriving businesswoman.
Miami New Times |
Rebecca Wakefield |
01-10-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Agent of Changenew
In 1989, FBI Special Agent Jon Lipsky led the first and only government raid on a nuclear-weapons plant. Now he's left his job to tell the world what he found.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
01-06-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Life in Prison Can Be a Riotnew
Low pay and high staff turnover contributed to the problems at Crowley County Correctional Facility, a private prison in Colorado. An investigation found that a July 20 riot there may have been due to improper use of force by staff.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
12-29-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Shipping Inmates to Private Prisons Costs Colorado Plentynew
Colorado inmates exiled to a private Mississippi prison called Tallahatchie have staged protests against substandard conditions there.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
12-29-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Lawsuit Claims Lethal Injection Is Unconstitutionalnew
A federal lawsuit argues that Missouri's method of execution is a "cruel and unusual punishment." Lawyers for a Death Row inmate contend that one of the drugs administered, Pavulon, leaves the person being executed completely paralyzed but fully conscious and susceptible to pain.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
12-21-2004 |
Crime & Justice
See You Later, Navigatornew
It took nearly three years for Tracy McGrady Sr. to get back the SUV police seized after they found a baggie of pot in it. The car was a gift from McGrady Sr.'s son, All-Star basketball player Tracy McGrady Jr.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
12-21-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Feds Have Questions for Wife of Ask Jeeves Cofoundernew
Did Ask Jeeves cofounder David Warthen marry a call girl? The millionaire says in court papers he is "without knowledge" as to the alleged prostitution activities of his busty new wife.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
12-20-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Andre Lewis Adjusts to Life After Death Rownew
Hours before convicted murderer Andre Lewis was scheduled to die in 1993, he was granted a reprieve. His relatives' testimony about the negative circumstances of his childhood eventually saved him but distanced him from them as well.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
12-20-2004 |
Crime & Justice
A Private Prison Firm's Dark Daysnew
Hostages, riots, angry protestors, a $60 million lawsuit and a federal investigation plague Corrections Corporation of America. How many "operational incidents" does it take to make a disturbing trend?
Nashville Scene |
John Spragens |
12-16-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Activist Fought Seven Years Against Tough Drug Lawsnew
Social crusader Randy Credico has fought tirelessly to repeal the harsh Rockefeller drug laws. On Dec. 7, the New York state legislature softened some of the worst penalties.
The Village Voice |
Jennifer Gonnerman |
12-15-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Why Shoppers Ought to Think Twice About Ordering Onlinenew
Writing from prison, Internet scammer Brandon Samuel Brooks explains how, between the ages of 15 and 20, he stole about $100,000 from unsuspecting rubes over the Internet.
The Pitch |
Tony Ortega |
12-13-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: UPS, web, fraud, police, eBay, scam, auction, Blue Springs, Home Shopping Network, Paypal, porn site, technogeeks
Teens Complain of Beatings and Humiliation at Boot-Campnew
On a boy's first night at Growing Together, a boot camp-style drug treatment center for adolescents in Lake Worth, Fla., he says he got a visit from "The Naked Crusader." A New Times investigation discovered that physical and sexual abuse are common there.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
12-13-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Seductress of the Saintsnew
Sandra Camille Bridewell told her seatmate on a plane that she was a missionary in need of assistance. In fact, she is a swindler, known in Dallas as the Black Widow, who gains the confidence of the generous by pretending to be a super-spiritual minister with a hotline to Jesus.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
12-13-2004 |
Crime & Justice
The Case That Hauntsnew
The most notorious cold case in the history of the St. Louis Police Department, the murder of a girl whose decapitated body was found in a basement in 1983, still haunts homicide detectives.
Riverfront Times |
Chad Garrison |
12-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
