Crime

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August 12, 2010
CLEVELAND (AP) - No motive has been revealed for the blaze that gutted the 99-year-old frame house and devastated the…
August 11, 2010
OPINION - The trend of initial silence during moments when African-Americans are being targeted is terribly upsetting because the silence…
August 6, 2010
OPINION - Omar Thornton did what black men do with dismaying regularity -- resort to violence in order to exact…
August 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - This is the first time since the 70s that Congress has repealed a mandatory minimum sentence...
July 30, 2010
OPINION - Familial DNA searches could reduce the number of black crime victims by putting more perpetrators behind bars, and…
July 27, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Clarett says in a statement that it is a "surreal feeling to be back at Ohio…
July 19, 2010
VIDEO - Over 70 percent of prisoners in the California penal system are likely to be reincarcerated for committing a…
July 9, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The name "Grim Sleeper" came about because of a 14-year gap in slayings linked to the…
July 2, 2010
OPINION - You just never know, which is why Vick has to be one hundred times more judicious in anything…
July 1, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Police have not identified the shooting victim, but Vick's attorney, says it was Quanis Phillips, a…
June 23, 2010
DETROIT (AP) - Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, already in state prison for probation violations, was indicted Wednesday on federal fraud…
June 22, 2010
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Christopher "Dudus" Coke has been called one of the world's most dangerous drug lords by U.S.…
June 21, 2010
OPINION - At what point do we as responsible adults start holding our adolescent and teenage children accountable for their…
June 12, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Sgt. John Butorn says Cudi was arrested Friday on charges of criminal mischief and criminal possession…
June 11, 2010
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Simpson, an NFL hall-of-famer, actor and advertising pitchman who turns 63 next month, is serving nine…
June 9, 2010
DETROIT - Frustrated by plummeting property values and high crime, many diehard Detroit dwellers have hit their breaking point and…
June 8, 2010
OPINION - Unless we support ongoing efforts to downscale prisons and jails, our country will literally go broke and funds…
June 7, 2010
Mr. T has become the latest original star of "The A-Team" to criticize the new film...
June 7, 2010
PHOENIX (AP) - Unless a judge rules otherwise, he will remain on probation until he is 18. If he had…
June 4, 2010
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) - The case sparked passionate rallies in support of the biology major, and accusations of racism against…