College Student Allegedly Tried To Coerce Her Boyfriend Into Maiming And...
A 22-year-old woman has been accused of trying to enlist her former boyfriend in a twisted plot to murder her ex-lover while she was a student at the University of California, Riverside.Barbara Wu's...
View ArticleThe Woman Who Inspired 'Orange Is The New Black' Reveals The Creepy Side Of...
Piper Kerman's memoir "Orange is the New Black" is way less violent than the addictive Netflix series it inspired, but one part of her year in a low-security federal prison sounds highly creepy.Several...
View ArticleYoung Couple Recounts The Terror Of Being Attacked By Anti-Gay Mob Near...
The spate of vicious, high-profile attacks against gay men in New York this May began with an assault on a young couple in broad daylight, outside one of the most populated places in the city — Madison...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Engineer Analyzes Traffic Stops In Extremely Rich City,...
The extremely wealthy city of Atherton, Calif. ticketed 182 drivers from February to July 2013. Out of those, 175 had Hispanic last names, according to an analysis of Atherton's police blotter.Kent...
View ArticleAmerica's Prisons Have Turned Into Really Awful Nursing Homes
America's prisons have an exploding population of old (and sick) prisoners who get shoddy medical care and often spend their last days behind bars, Emma Quail writes in the nonprofit investigative news...
View ArticleThieves Return Stolen Computers To Sexual Assault Nonprofit And Offer A...
Burglars in Southern California apparently had a change of heart after stealing from a nonprofit organization. The very next day, they returned the items and left an apology letter, NBC Los Angeles...
View ArticleThe 'Next Trayvon Martin Case' Could Turn Out Very Differently
In November 2012, an unarmed black 17-year-old's death in Florida looked like the Trayvon Martin case all over again.But unlike George Zimmerman, Jordan Davis' killer might get convicted. There's more...
View ArticleHere's What REALLY Happened When A Waspy 'Ex-Lesbian' Saw Her Former...
The riveting Netflix original series "Orange is the New Black" about a waspy New Yorker sent to prison for a 10-year-old drug offense has one very salacious plot twist.Piper Chapman has to do time with...
View ArticleEx-Con Who Turned His Life Around Serving 15 Years In Prison For Keeping...
When ex-con Edward Young became a suspect in a string of burglaries in Tennessee, the police searched his home. They found seven shot gun shells, and according to federal law, he must now spend 15...
View ArticleWoman Behind 'Orange Is The New Black' Describes The Terrifying Experience Of...
The memoir "Orange is the New Black" is a lot less scary than the Netflix show it inspired, but one part of Piper Kerman's year in prison sounds terrifying and surreal — the time she had to fly on "Con...
View Article5 People Sentenced To Life In Prison Over Nonviolent Drug Offenses
Attorney General Eric Holder announced some major changes Monday to how the Justice Department handles mandatory minimum sentencing for drug crimes. Essentially, it won't enforce them anymore for many...
View ArticleWoman Behind 'Orange Is The New Black' Is Pushing An Unusual Alternative To...
The woman whose memoir"Orange is the New Black" inspired a hit Netflix series is promoting an unusual program to make sure women don't get shipped to prisons far from their families.Piper Kerman, who...
View ArticleUniversity Of Texas Law School Ranked No.1 For Giving Students The Best...
The University of Texas at Austin has reported the highest salary-to-debt ratio of the 194 law schools ranked by U.S. New & World Report— meaning its grads get the biggest return on their...
View ArticleCancer Doctor Allegedly Prescribed $35 Million Worth Of Totally Unnecessary...
A Michigan oncologist has been charged with giving $35 million in needless chemotherapy to patients — some of whom didn't even have cancer, The Today Show reported.Popular physician Farid Fata, who had...
View Article'The Tide Might Be Changing': Nonviolent 45-Year-Old Serving Life Surprised...
Timothy Tyler's mother wrote to him in prison this week to ask if he "heard what Mr. Holder said," referring to the Attorney General's major drug policy shift.Tyler, 45, was sentenced to life in prison...
View ArticleIt's Extremely Difficult To Convict Dealers Of 'Bath Salts'
Considering bath salts may be more addictive than meth, the U.S. really wants to take control of the growing trend. Unfortunately, getting these drugs off the streets has given the legal system quite a...
View ArticleProtestors Could Get A Year Behind Bars Because Of Sidewalk Chalk
Four individuals could spend up to a year behind bars for chalking the sidewalk outside a police station in Nevada, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported. Kelly Wayne Patterson, 44; Brian Ballentine,...
View ArticleIdentical Twins Both Charged With Rape Because Prosecutors Couldn't Tell...
A pair of identical twins have both appeared in court charged over the rape of a woman as they cannot be told apart by their DNA.Mohammed and Aftab Asghar were arrested after forensic evidence taken...
View ArticleHow New York City Became Safe Again
While exploring New York City's terrifying past, we started to wonder how the city became safe again. New York's murder rate peaked in 1990. By the end of the 90s, violent crime in the city had dropped...
View ArticleCop Tells Reddit He Blew The Whistle On His Corrupt Boss And Was Forced To...
A whistleblowing cop has posted an AMA on Reddit alleging a rogue captain harassed him after he told a prosecutor that police entered a suspected drug dealer's house without a warrant.The Redditor,...
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