AltWeeklies Wire
Conduct Unbecoming an Officernew
Four Illinois State Police investigators are ripped by a prosecutor, but they dodge indictments. It’s the latest charge of misconduct against state police investigators.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
His Problem is Our Problemnew
Keeping our communities safe from sex offenders requires getting past the hysteria to solutions that really work.
Metroland |
Rick Marshall |
05-12-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Bringing Down the Aryan Brotherhoodnew
Until a few years ago, Joseph Principe was a correctional officer at the highest-security prison in the country. Getting ensnared in a federal racketeering case made him an inmate.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
05-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Routine Traffic Stop Escalates Into Violence and Turmoilnew
A dispute over a violent arrest -- like a small-scale Rodney King incident -- became part of a struggle for control of Pahokee, Fla., a clash of wills over what the volatile town can and should be.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
05-10-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Jury Rigged?new
Recent charges of ethnic bias in picking death penalty juries have not only scandalized prosecutors in California's Alameda County. They've put the entire system on trial.
East Bay Express |
Will Harper |
05-10-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Delivery of Poinsettia to Priest Got Him Framed, Man Saysnew
Parolee Tommy Munoz says his arrest for attempted burglary after he tried to deliver a Christmas flower to a church rectory was the result of police misconduct.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-09-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Leading With Her Heartnew
Manlin Chee, an outspoken immigration lawyer, is in federal prison after she was targeted by an FBI sting operation. Her case raises questions about the fate of those who speak up for immigrants.
INDY Week |
Barbara Solow |
05-02-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Boyfriend Is Charged After Helping Girlfriend Miscarrynew
When a 16-year-old girl confirmed that her boyfriend had stood on her stomach at her request so she could abort her twins, she implicated him in two counts of capital murder.
Houston Press |
Craig Masilow |
05-02-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Stripper Gets Things Off Her Chest, Implicates Docnew
A Diamond Cabaret stripper with a new set of breasts found herself addicted to Percocet, a painkiller her doctor would no longer prescribe. That's when a fellow dancer told her about a local doctor's prescriptions-for-porno deal.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
04-28-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Exonerated Man Gets a Long-Awaited Second Chancenew
Ray Krone's got it all. An extreme makeover. Settlement money. Problem is, he can't seem to forgive those who screwed up and put him on Arizona's death row.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
04-26-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Recording Industry Finds New Battlegroundnew
Last week, the Recording Industry Association of America announced it would sue up to 25 students at each of 18 universities around the country, including Georgia Tech, for Internet2 file-sharing.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
04-21-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Lure of Haunted House Gets Teens in Troublenew
Teens who checked out a house thought to be haunted found a forgotten old man. After they ventured inside, they faced criminal charges.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
04-19-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: camcorder, trespassing
Eyes in the Skynew
When you play with fate at a house of chance, people like Todd Steffen are watching.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
04-15-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Snitchnew
A ruthless informant tells all about the underside of San Francisco's underworld.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A. C. Thompson |
04-13-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Dreaming in Green, the Young Become Drug Lords
Some North Idaho twentysomethings describe how they got caught up in the Pacific Northwest’s largest cash crop — B.C. Bud.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
04-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
