AltWeeklies Wire
The Long Waitnew
We witness the witnesses to Montana's first execution in eight years.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
08-17-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Unseen Handnew
An unsolved murder reveals a city experiencing an increase in mysterious homicides.
New York Press |
Audrey Dutton |
08-17-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Freeze Frame on a Bad Copnew
Still stuck in prison for three decades: the once famous, now forgotten, Bill Phillips.
The Village Voice |
Sean Gardiner |
08-16-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Colorado Prison Bluesnew
Eric Reynolds was thirteen the last time he tasted freedom.
Westword |
Jessica Centers |
08-15-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Endnew
For nine long years, Julie Rea Harper insisted someone else murdered her son -- last month, she got 12 jurors to believe her.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
08-11-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Get With the Programmingnew
To some, it is a useful training program; to others, a cult -- either way, NXIVM and founder Keith Raniere remain embroiled in controversy.
Metroland |
Chet Hardin |
08-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Sammy Flippen's Clemency Bidnew
No two capital murder cases are alike, but even at that, Sammy Flippen's case seems altogether different.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
08-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Caged Lionnew

Environmentalist Rod Coronado returns to prison a decade after his radical heyday.
L.A. Weekly |
Susan Zakin |
08-10-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Baby-faced Hoodlumsnew
Little Saigon's Vietnamese teen gangsters are tough guys prone to murder and home invasion robberies, but they also regularly attend services at local Buddhist temples.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
08-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Gone In 50 Secondsnew
Two young men loved the same girl, but only the soldier was trained to kill.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
08-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Term for the Wertsnew
Despite overwhelming support, a model prisoner misses yet another chance at freedom.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Frank Rubino |
08-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Long Road Homenew
For most female felons, it's one thing to get out of prison -- and another to stay out.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
08-07-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Killer Insidenew

Troy Victorino was just convicted of killing six people, with the jury recommending the death penalty -- he spoke with us from prison.
Orlando Weekly |
Elizabeth Randall |
08-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bad Boysnew
One Springfield detective showed up intoxicated three times at crime scenes, and plodded through a victim's blood in his flip-flops; another falsified records to help an informant, according to a preliminary report by a state-police investigator.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
08-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Fall Guynew

Former Philadelphia City Councilman Rick Mariano, convicted on federal corruption charges, will soon report to prison for a 6.5-year sentence -- he spent some of his remaining days taking to us.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Brian Hickey |
08-04-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice