Archive for the ‘Crime & Injustice’ Category
Crime & Injustice
A murder in Hearne, Texas
The as yet unsolved 2008 murder of Hank Alan Johnson in a motel room in Hearne, Texas is a story that will break your heart. He seemed like a great kid…I wish I had known him. July 21 will make two years since his murder. While I cannot fathom the pain, anguish and sense of [...]
Grim Sleeper Serial Killer Arrested
(CNN) — Authorities said Wednesday they have arrested a suspect in the Grim Sleeper serial killer case and will charge him with 10 counts of murder. Lonnie David Franklin Jr., 57, faces an additional count of attempted murder, officials said. Nicknamed for taking long breaks between attacks, the killer is believed responsible for at least [...]
Team of assassins’ stalking of victim caught on tape
Regardless of where you stand as to political, moral, or ethical justification of such action; this is a facinating story. Sophisticated video surveillance systems are making a clean get away tougher on the spooks. Warrants out for Hamas commander’s killers The police video, combining CCTV footage from the Dubai airport, a number of hotels and shopping [...]
The Hot Springs gunfight of 1899
Some facinating Arkansas history: The Hot Springs Gunfight, or Hot Springs Shootout (March 16, 1899), was a gunbattle between two separate law enforcement agencies that occurred in Hot Springs, Arkansas during the Old West era in the United States. Despite being little known, it resulted in more deaths than the famed Gunfight at the OK [...]
Abraham Shakespeare
An unfathomable story is unfolding in Florida. Abraham Shakespeare from the Ledger in Lakeland, FL
Human rights defender names his alleged murderers shortly before his death
Human rights defender names his alleged murderers shortly before his death Mr. Nisar Baloch, aged 46, was shot dead on November 7, 2009 in Karachi by motorbike riders. Police have refused to mention the names of the murderers in the First Investigation Report (FIR), owing to the fact that the accused persons belong to ruling [...]
Ernest Willis and Cameron Todd Willingham
Texas Monthy has and a thought provoking piece: Separated At Death Ernest Willis and Cameron Todd Willingham had a lot in common: same crime, same sentence, same questions about the forensic science that convicted them. The main difference? Willis is still alive.
Khap Panchayat: India’s Taliban
Tehelka of India reports: A Taliban Of Our Very Own Murder, rape and exile are routine punishments for these parallel ‘Parliaments’. NEHA DIXIT tracks Khap panchayats across north India. Photo by TARUN SEHRAWAT
Murder in Plain Sight
1. Chongkham Sanjit, 27, is seen standing in a PCO with the
Manipur Police Commandos adjacent to a pharmacy (marked by an arrow)
in Imphal on July 23
Is William Heirens innocent?
William Heirens convicted as the ‘Lipstick Killer’ has been behind bars since 1946. Could he be an innocent man? “Joseph Chojnowski, homicide detective with the Cleveland Police Department has reviewed Rasmussen’s information ‘I find it quite interesting what he writes,” Chojnowski said, ‘but to say that you have one person who would be responsible for [...]
