AltWeeklies Wire
A Kinder, Gentler DWInew
Minnesota lawmakers consider making it easier for convicted drunk drivers to get back behind the wheel.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Mike Mosedale |
03-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Aged Witnesses Cling to False Memoriesnew
UVA study: Young folks less certain when wrong.
C-Ville Weekly |
Carrie Wellman |
03-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Doing Wrightnew
Vermont journalist and activist Paul Wright gives convicts a voice through his national magazine, Prison Legal News.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard |
03-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Unfriendly Firenew
You know things have gone wrong when Miami cops Taser one of their own.
Miami New Times |
Rob Jordan |
03-05-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Cops on the Rocksnew
Two Bridgeport cops suspended after being observed drinking on the job -- and what's with that bag of weed?
Fairfield County Weekly |
Tom Gogola |
03-02-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Billy Cottrell: A Terrible Thing to Wastenew
Convicted as an ecoterrorist, a brilliant young scholar nose-dives in prison.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
03-02-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Earth Liberation Front, Elf
New Hate-Crimes Bill Introducednew
An uphill battle is expected in Georgia's Republican Legislature.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Max Pizarro |
03-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Shooting Aftermath Reaches City Hallnew
Council committee bucks mayor; Pennington under fire from within police department.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz and John Sugg |
03-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Criminalizing Walking While Black?new
A Minneapolis ordinance makes it a crime to "lurk, lie in wait or be concealed" with the intent to commit a crime -- but Guy Gambill, a criminal justice advocate, has a simpler explanation: "It's standing on a corner after ten o'clock at night when you're black."
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Mike Mosedale |
03-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Can a Broken Criminal Justice System Be Fixed?new
Reforming New Orleans' system is not going to be easy, but everyone agrees the goal is worth whatever pain the fight for change brings.
Gambit |
Ariane Wiltse |
02-28-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Police Brutality Records Are Released -- and Expensivenew
Colorado Springs police are forced to release results of internal investigation into brutality claim.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
02-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Two New Supreme Court Justices Control the Fate of Condemnednew
Both sides in the death penalty debate are looking to the court's eventual rulings in Smith v. Texas, Abdul-Kabir v. Quarterman and Panetti v. Quarterman for signs, clues, or outright proof that the tide has turned.
The Texas Observer |
Anthony Zurcher |
02-26-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Texas Youth Commission Hides Abuse Scandalnew
How did alleged abuse at a youth facility in West Texas evade detection for so long?
The Texas Observer |
Nate Blakeslee |
02-26-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Nun on Firenew
Ending capital punishment will be the great cause of our time, says Dead Man Walking author Sister Helen Prejean.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
02-26-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Will Community Prisons Help or Hurt?new
The idea for smaller women's prisons is part of an overall paradigm shift in how the prison system meets -- or doesn't meet -- the needs of female inmates.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
02-23-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
