AltWeeklies Wire
2006 Was a Bloody Year for Buffalonew
No one can better testify to the magnitude of the gore than the leadership of the Stop The Violence Coalition (STVC). For three and a half years the coalition has been doing what they call "God's work," in its efforts to reduce Buffalo's homicide rate.
Artvoice |
Leslie James Pickering |
11-30-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Stephen Yagman Can Only Blame Himselfnew
Maybe, just maybe, the flawed, pitbull lawyer should have skated.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alan Mittelstaedt |
11-30-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Where Are the Cops?new
Sluggish Recruitment Puts Public at Risk
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
11-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Feds Catch Up With James Webbnew
SEC freezes assets, seeks repayment for investors in real estate scheme.
INDY Week |
Jennifer Strom |
11-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Where Are the Cops?new
The Portland Police Bureau's sluggish recruitment puts public at risk.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
11-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Assassin's Brothernew
John Larry Ray marks time, still trying to set the record straight.
Illinois Times |
C.D. Stelzer |
11-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Inside Boot Campnew
Give prisoners no-win situations, program leader says, and everyone wins eventually.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Fear Fracture at Prison Boot Campnew
A Colorado prisoner's misdiagnosed injury casts a pall over boot-camp accolades.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Just a Random Femalenew
Robbin Brandley's confessed killer sits on death row. So why don't her parents consider the case closed?
OC Weekly |
Nick Schou |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Courthouse Interpreters Accused of Giving Bad Advice to Spanish-Speaking Defendantsnew
Legalese is tough for anyone to understand. But if you don't speak English and go to court in Nashville, some pretty significant facts get lost in translation. Not least of these is the right to plead not guilty.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hit-or-Run Overnew
Why isn't anybody in Philly seeking answers about a transgendered prostitute's death anymore?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Matt Stroud |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Liberty City Seven Trial Travestynew
The case against Miami "terrorists" is mired in greed and falsehoods.
Miami New Times |
Bob Norman |
11-26-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
No Right to Remain Silent in Canadanew
Supreme Court gives cops the power to ignore your right to keep your mouth shut.
NOW Magazine |
Alan Young |
11-26-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Poisoned Pen of Fort Lyon Prisonnew
Bought by the state for a dollar, Fort Lyon is rich in history, asbestos, sick inmates -- and trouble.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
11-21-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Charged Debate on Tasersnew
They were supposed to make both police and citizens safer, but critics in Pittsburgh and elsewhere say stun guns are dangerous -- and that police are too quick to use them.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Marty Levine |
11-20-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Tasers, crime & justice
