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Why Los Angeles Crime-Fighters Fell Years Behind on Rape Testingnew
Experts have suggested a stunning possibility: that 500,000 rape kits, given low priority by scores of police departments, have been sitting untested for years.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
03-20-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Christian Former Cops Fight a Battle of Wit, Skill and Strategy with Imaginary School Shootersnew
Since a 2006 school shooting in Missouri, the state has been trying to get Missouri's schools prepared for another attack. Beating out more than a dozen agencies across the country for the one-year, $100,000 contract was Christian security firm Strategos.
The Pitch |
Peter Rugg |
03-17-2009 |
Crime & Justice
A Brutal and Mysterious Murder Opens a Pandora's Box of DNA Privacynew
Privacy, it seems, trumps justice. It's an issue that plagues law enforcement across the country. And it stinks.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Chuck Strouse |
03-17-2009 |
Crime & Justice
A Tough Churchgoing Mom Is at the Center of the Los Angeles Serial-Killer Mysterynew
L.A.’s elusive Grim Sleeper has murdered with impunity for 23 years. The strange journey of his only surviving victim began with a rape and shooting that at the time seemed tragically commonplace.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
03-13-2009 |
Crime & Justice
A Portland Cop Says a Complaint About His Boss's Dirty Dance Stifled His Careernew
Officer Tom Brennan says his career as a Portland cop hit a dead end the night a superior officer ground his crotch against Brennan’s wife at Dixie Tavern.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
03-11-2009 |
Crime & Justice
A Good Story and a Little Tenacity Is Enough to Get You Out of Parking Ticketsnew
In New Haven's Hall of Records, go upstairs if you want to pay full-price for your parking tickets. Go downstairs if you want deep discounts — with practically no questions asked.
New Haven Advocate |
Betsy Yagla |
03-10-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: New Haven, parking tickets
Craig Monteilh Says He Spied on the Islamic Center of Irvine for the Fedsnew
Ex-convict, con man, convert -- an early conversation with the man who says he spied on the Islamic Center of Irvine on behalf of the feds.
OC Weekly |
Matt Coker |
03-10-2009 |
Crime & Justice
A K.C. Jail Is Falling Apart, But Shutting It Down Might Be Destructivenew
Nancy Leazer, Superintendent of Kansas City's Municipal Correctional Institution, has made shuttering this crumbling facility far more complicated.
The Pitch |
Carolyn Szczepanski |
03-10-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Back-Alley Plastic Surgery Sent Donnie Hendrix to Jail. Finally, She Talksnew
Donnie Hendrix's description of the booming world of do-it-yourself cosmetic enhancement, and abuse by fellow prisoners, shows this: Gender confusion and vanity take lives, bruise psyches, and baffle law enforcement.
Miami New Times |
Natalie O'Neill |
03-09-2009 |
Crime & Justice
It's For the Sake of Justice, Sure, But Storing It All Can Be a Bitchnew
The evidence room for law enforcement agencies in Spokane, Wash., is stuffed and deteriorating. Here's a look inside.
The Inlander |
Nicholas Deshais |
03-05-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Charred Bodies Leave Lingering Questions About an Executionnew
In short: Nearly every piece of physical evidence against Steve Henley was tainted. But if police botched their end of the case, Henley's tale was evaporating as well.
Nashville Scene |
Brantley Hargrove |
03-05-2009 |
Crime & Justice
A New Effort Seeks to Stop Washington's Prison System from Releasing Inmates Into Homelessnessnew
Housing advocates are lobbying for a bill by Washington Rep. Mark Miloscia that would require the Department of Corrections to come up with a plan to eliminate homelessness among former prisoners by the year 2015.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
03-02-2009 |
Crime & Justice
The Killing in Room 515new
Three weeks after fatally stabbing his neighbor, Melvin Earl Parker is back in his apartment.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-25-2009 |
Crime & Justice
The Life of a New Orleans Public Defendernew
New Orleans public defenders face low pay, punishing caseloads and, now, uncertain funding. Is the Sixth Amendment, the right to legal counsel, becoming endangered?
Gambit |
David Winkler-Schmit |
02-23-2009 |
Crime & Justice
The Trials of Mexican Georgenew
For 20 years, the feds have suspected supermarket mogul George Torres is a drug runner and murderer with friends in Los Angeles City Hall. Now they'll try to make it stick.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Jeffrey Anderson |
02-23-2009 |
Crime & Justice
