AltWeeklies Wire
A Judge Takes a Standnew
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office declared war on a respected judge after he called a prosecutor's actions racist.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
12-09-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Locked Outnew
As the nation debates voting rights for ex-offenders, the Colorado ACLU initiates a class-action lawsuit that would expand rights to felons on parole.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
12-08-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Parents Question Police Version of Their Daughter's Murdernew
A young woman's parents have doubts about investigators' conclusion that she was killed by her much older racketeer boyfriend, who then killed himself. First of two parts
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
12-06-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Saving Soulsnew
Dave Biehl wears a black leather vest with the seal of the Christian Motorcyclists Association sewn on the back as he thunders down Orange Blossom Trail on his Honda Valkyrie motorcycle.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
12-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Ghosts in the Machinenew
If you go to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's sex-offender registry, you'll find Curtis Talley listed as an offender living in Seminole County, but you won't learn that he died three years ago.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
12-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Drawing Conclusionsnew
A police composite artist talks about the craft of catching a crook.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
12-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Executing Changenew
In San Quentin death row inmate Stan 'Tookie' Williams' redemption may lie our own.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
11-30-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
More Than a Rap Sheetnew
In San Francisco, an ex-convict seeks redemption while an ex-activist seeks to rewrite the script for former felons.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson |
11-30-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Love, Then Warnew
Never ending, it seems, is the litigious saga of a chastised lawyer, a fired sheriff's deputy, and the lust they once shared.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
11-30-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Checking Out of Lockdownnew
Suicides by inmates of the Colorado State Penitentiary, where prisoners spend 23 hours a day in their cells, put the spotlight on medical care at the supermax.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
11-30-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Pattern of Violencenew
One thing connects the otherwise unrelated young men charged in a recent spate of violent assaults -- more than half of them hold boxing licenses and are trained as amateur boxers.
Missoula Independent |
Caitlin Copple |
11-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Mom's Away!new
Silvia Johnson wanted to be a "cool mom," so she held innumerable parties at her home, where she provided alcohol, marijuana and methamphetamines to kids and had sexual relations with at least five boys, ranging in age from 15 to 17.
Westword |
Adam Cayton-Holland |
11-23-2005 |
Crime & Justice
He Said, She Said, He's Deadnew
Was Orinda, Calif., housewife Susan Polk the cold-blooded killer of her husband (and former psychologist), or a victim of his abuse who killed in self-defense? The reader is invited to be part of the jury in this dramatic case.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
11-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
The Party's Over?new
The college party has always pitted students against disgruntled neighborhood residents and exasperated cops. But this year, in Boston, the battle is being pitched at a higher level.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
11-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
God Pod Sparks Lawsuitnew
The Santa Fe Reporter's story on a Christian prison program helps fuel a lawsuit against one of New Mexico's faith-based initiatives.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Silja JA Talvi |
11-17-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: prison, faith-based
