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Watching The Sopranos Is Relaxing. Am I Broken? Oct. 02, 2021
As Tony Soprano knocked out a guy's teeth for talking to his daughter, I clutched my warm mug of tea... Read More
The Nation's Fixation on the Search for Gabby Sep. 25, 2021
There are hundreds of thousands of people reported missing in the United States each year. Last year... Read More
Why Crime Is on the Decline Dec. 14, 2019
"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime." — Aristotle Aristotle had a point, but there ... Read More
Crime-Fighting Developments to Be Thankful For Nov. 30, 2019
There are some citizens who, in this season of Thanksgiving, believe America is going to hell in a h... Read More
Remembering -- and Talking About -- Lynching in America Oct. 31, 2019
Michele Norris is an award-winning journalist and founder of The Race Card Project. Last week, Norri... Read More
Policies That Make the Poor Poorer Jun. 15, 2019
See if you can find the logic in this. A local government issues traffic fines to residents for infr... Read More
After He Was Deported, He Sold Heroin and Ran a Brothel in Milwaukee Jun. 12, 2019
When they first arrested him in North Carolina in 2006, they let him go and asked him to come back f... Read More
Horrible Harvey Jun. 01, 2019
How is it that someone accused of dozens of criminal acts can throw millions of dollars at a problem... Read More
Rapists Go Free Day May. 04, 2019
He met her in an anorexia forum when she was 15. When she was 16, he lured her to his home, where he... Read More
Our Justice System Isn't Fair Apr. 20, 2019
We in America have lost faith. Not only is there a decline of religious faith in the United States; ... Read More
Illegal Alien's Prostitution Business Started Each Week on Capitol Hill Apr. 17, 2019
The regular weekly rendezvous took place at Union Station on Capitol Hill, just a short walk from Se... Read More
The Myths Surrounding Rape Victims Apr. 13, 2019
Former Pennsylvania Prosecutor Kristen Gibbons Feden has a message for defense attorneys who represe... Read More
Mug Shots Live on -- Even for the Not Guilty Mar. 23, 2019
When the suspect of the Christchurch, New Zealand, mass shooting was led into a courtroom, photograp... Read More
A Dark Night Finally Turns to Day Mar. 13, 2019
They could have just kept going, but they didn't. It was another cold South Dakota day on Feb. 28, 1... Read More
His Name Was Bobby Feb. 16, 2019
Now we have a name. After two agonizing decades, the "Boy Under the Billboard" case I wrote about la... Read More
Time To Retire the Perp Walk Feb. 09, 2019
Let's talk about a police practice known as the perp walk. It's the walk of shame of a suspected per... Read More
Advances in DNA -- a Detective's Best Friend Jan. 26, 2019
Raymond "DJ Freez" Rowe got away with murder for more than two decades. As a popular fixture on the ... Read More
7 Things Americans See That the Left Still Pretends We Don't Jan. 17, 2019
It is astonishing that in this day and age — after nearly 70 years of cable TV, 30 years of co... Read More
Here's to a New Year Filled With Civility and Less Crime Dec. 22, 2018
Professor P.M. Forni, 67, died earlier this month in Towson, Maryland. He was born in Bologna, Italy... Read More
Families, Kids and a Flawed Law Dec. 15, 2018
This column is dedicated to issues of crime and justice. But this time of year, it seems out of plac... Read More
