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Looking for Lessons from VT Shootingnew

Panel meets locally to hear from campus police, parents of victims.

C-Ville Weekly | Will Goldsmith | 07-30-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Tase-Manianew

The chorus of voices calling for reform of Taser policies is growing -- and so is the list of deaths.

Fort Worth Weekly | Gayle Reaves | 07-27-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Monica Bowie Kidnapping Falls Through Cracksnew

Frustrations voiced for relative lack of media coverage.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Andisheh Nouraee | 07-26-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Bang! You're Suednew

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has taken aim in court at shops whose guns ended up on the Big Apple's streets -- now a Georgia dealer is shooting back, with the help of former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | John Sugg | 07-26-2007 | Crime & Justice

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A Son's Quest to Find His Mother's Killernew

Thirty-one years after she went missing, what happened to Linda Edwards remains one of the most famous cold cases in Arkansas police history.

Arkansas Times | Mara Leveritt | 07-26-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Abused Girls Sue Statenew

In a lawsuit brought against the State of Mississippi the Southern Poverty Law Center has alleged physical and sexual abuse at the Columbia Training School.

Jackson Free Press | Brian Johnson and Adam Lynch | 07-25-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Porn Actress Uses Former Schoolmate's Namenew

Courtney Cummz, call your lawyer -- well, only if you're not the Courtney Cummz who stars in Young Cheerleader Swap 'n' Swallow 2.

Houston Press | Richard Connelly | 07-24-2007 | Crime & Justice

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The 'Good Seed' is a White Supremacist?new

Defense: Death penalty would be unfair to convicted murderer who loves baseball and his brothers.

OC Weekly | R. Scott Moxley | 07-24-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Playing With Firenew

Only one man is set to stand trial for a grisly murder seven years ago -- but if he's guilty, did he really act alone?

New Times Broward-Palm Beach | Kelly Cramer | 07-24-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Using Years Inside to Help Ex-cons Stay Outsidenew

Hakim Ali is the office manager and program coordinator of Reconstruction Incorporated, a small nonprofit that helps ex-offenders get through the difficult transition from prison to the outside world.

Philadelphia City Paper | Mary Wilson | 07-24-2007 | Crime & Justice

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Innocence Institute to Become a Victim?new

Point Park University's widely touted Innocence Institute -- which has helped free nearly a dozen wrongfully convicted Pennsylvanians from prison -- is in jeopardy, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette may have signed its death warrant.

Pittsburgh City Paper | Charlie Deitch | 07-24-2007 | Crime & Justice

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