AltWeeklies Wire
Why Doesn't Philly Just Hire 10,000 More Cops?new
Instead, the city's latest crime-fighting initiative asks for 10,000 men -- particularly black men -- to voluntarily patrol crime-ridden neighborhoods.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
To Have, But Not To Holdnew
How the grisly murder and dismemberment of a young man led a well-off pilot to wed a woman serving life for the crime.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Free Poker Tour Is a Dead Man's Handnew
When these Amateur Poker Tour investors realized they'd been bluffed, they tried their hand at murder.
Westword |
Jessica Centers |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
British Ex-Millionaire Fights for Freedomnew
Krishna Maharaj went from the high life to a life sentence -- for a crime he might not have committed.
Miami New Times |
Joanne Green |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Examining the Machinery of Deathnew
Tennessee's governor is defiant, but executions could stop for months while courts decide constitutionality of lethal injection.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Case of Chicago's Invisible Gag Ordernew
The city's lawyers claim a gag order prevents them from discussing the strange deal they made to settle police torture lawsuits -- but there's no order.
Chicago Reader |
John Conroy |
10-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Secrets and Lies in Alameda Countynew
It's hard to say who'll prevail in two whistleblower lawsuits against the county, but the facts are mighty suspicious.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-26-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A New Colorado Law Reduces Sentences for Some Juvenile Murderersnew
Last year, the legislature allowed for juvies convicted of first-degree murder -- including felony murder -- to be eligible for parole after forty years, instead of life-without-parole.
Westword |
Luke Turf |
09-25-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
John Timoney, America's Worst Copnew
He has spent 138 days on the road in just a few years on the job -- so who's minding the Miami Police Department?
Miami New Times |
Tamara Lush |
09-25-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Tennessee's 'Certain Hubris' Toward Execution Protocolsnew
During four days of testimony, lawyers successfully painted Gov. Phil Bredesen's much-vaunted review of lethal injection procedures this year as a sham whose basic purpose was, not to ensure that executions are humane, but to help the state survive court challenges.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
09-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Former L.A. County Sheriff’s Sergeant Gets Life in Prisonnew
John Racz insists his missing wife was on a 16-year vacation.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
09-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
DNA Test Will Show if Texas Executed an Innocent Mannew
One strand of hair found on the counter of an East Texas liquor store whose owner was gunned down in 1989 could help determine whether Texas executed an innocent man for the killing -- a judge has ordered the hair not be destroyed as the Observer and the Innocence Project push for DNA testing.
The Texas Observer |
David Pasztor |
09-24-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Sex & Murdernew
Joe Konopka was an anti-drug crusader ... Terry Frazier was a bondage escort with a drug habit -- two months ago, their lives collided.
SF Weekly |
Mary Spicuzza |
09-20-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Lightning Strikes Againnew
More proof that you can't believe everything you read, even when it’s a DNA test.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
09-20-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Woman Found Dead 17 Years Ago Remains Unidentifiednew
In the years since the remains were discovered in Texas, true-crime buffs were chattering online, spending their free time researching missing and unidentified persons -- and amateur sleuths across the country were drawn to this unidentified Texas girl, to her sapphire ring.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
09-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
