Crime Newswire

High crime no myth
The Spokesman Review
Crime in Spokane is like nothing we've ever seen, as a certain website lists it at a hair under twice the national average. We've mentioned it to neighbors only to be told, “It's the same everywhere.” Seems the no-crime myth in Spokane ranks up there ...

Cheating' wife freed of murder of musician Carlton Barrett
Jamaica Observer
ALBERTINE Barrett, widow of Carlton Barrett, a former drummer in Bob Marley's Wailers Band, was on October 18, 1991, jailed for seven years along with the two men charged with her for conspiracy to murder her husband. Carlton Barrett was a well-known ...

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Jamaica Gleaner
Tackling corruption like the 'Turks' - TCI's special prosecutor serious about task
Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica has been speaking about the establishment of the Office of the Special Prosecutor since 2007, when then Prime Minister Bruce Golding announced that one would be established to "probe, indict and imprison public officials guilty of corruption or ...

BBC News
Pakistan Christians seek protection after Lahore riot
BBC News
Christians in Pakistan have called for better protection after Muslims torched dozens of homes in the city of Lahore in response to a blasphemy allegation. Protesters gathered in Lahore and Karachi, the country's biggest city, to condemn Saturday's ...

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NDTV
UP cop's murder: In Raja Bhaiya's Kunda, CBI appeals for witnesses
NDTV
Pratapgarh: The 10-member Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team in Kunda, Uttar Pradesh has appealed to villagers to come forward as witnesses in its probe into the murder of senior police officer Zia-ul-Haque, who was shot dead on March 2.
CBI team visits DSP murder spot, questions suspended copsHindustan Times
CBI quizzes cops in DySP murder caseDeccan Herald
DSP murder: Accused historysheeters welcome CBI probeIndian Express
Times of India -IBNLive -IBTimes India
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NDTV
UP cop's murder: CBI appeals for witnesses, assures against harassment
NDTV
Pratapgarh: The 10-member Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team in Kunda, Uttar Pradesh has appealed to villagers to come forward as witnesses in its probe into the murder of senior police officer Zia-ul-Haque, who was shot dead on March 2.
CBI team visits DSP murder spot, questions suspended copsHindustan Times
CBI quizzes cops in DySP murder caseDeccan Herald
DSP murder: CBI questions police officers in KundaIBNLive
Times of India -Indian Express -IBTimes India
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Sheriff: County sees modest drop in crime
Murfreesboro Post
No one lost their life to murder in 2012 within unincorporated Rutherford County as overall crime dropped 1 percent for the year, said Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold. “We are pleased no one died from a violent murder last year,” Arnold said ...

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Convicts use religion to justify crime
New York Post
A new study in the academic journal Theoretical Criminology suggests that, far from causing offenders to repent of their sins, religious instruction might actually encourage crime. The authors surveyed 48 “hardcore street offenders” in and around ...

NBCNews.com (blog)
Ohio man exonerated of murder after 13 years in prison wins $13.2M
Fox News
CINCINNATI – An Ohio man who was exonerated after spending 13 years in prison for murder cried as a federal jury found that two Cleveland police detectives violated his civil rights by coercing and falsifying testimony and withholding evidence that ...
Man wrongly imprisoned in murder case wins $13.2 million in civil rights lawsuitNBCNews.com (blog)

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Patrolmen challenge mayor's statement that crime is down
Eagle-Tribune
In a press release from the union's executive committee, the patrolmen said the mayor's account that major crime is down those 13 percent and that “quality of life” crime is down even more, is contrary to what they have witnessed policing the city. The ...

Chattanooga Times Free Press
Mayor-elect's broader focus on crime may collide with Chattanooga's gang task ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press
In his campaign, Berke made statements like: "The crime rate is unacceptable, and we will change it." And: "We're getting pretty hung up on this 'gang' word." On Friday he again hinted that he may change the city's emphasis on gang violence. "I ...

Press TV
The United States of Murder: A cancer on the world
Press TV
The same killers, and the institutional forces they represent, murder the best American leaders too. John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Paul Wellstone are notable victims. Two excellent books have appeared in ...

Reward In Murder Of 74-Year-Old 'Granny' Raised To $15K

DUNCANVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) - The reward for information leading to an arrest or indictment in the murder of Barbara Strain, 74, has increased to $15,000. Friends and family members of the woman affectionately known as “Granny” spent most of Saturday ...
Bigger reward offered in Duncanville doorway murder caseWFAA

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CBS News
Can a childhood memory help solve 1957 murder of Maria Ridulph?
CBS News
Watch the Episode ». Can a childhood memory of a friend's murder solve a 55-year-old case? Correspondent Erin Moriarty goes inside the investigation of what authorities say is the oldest cold case ever prosecuted in the U.S. ...

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Old Bridge man charged with murder in Sayreville stabbing
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
SAYREVILLE – A 26-year-old Old Bridge man was charged with murder today after police allege he stabbed and killed an acquaintance, according to a release issued by the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office. Just after 2:30 Saturday morning police were ...

abc7news.com
Crime problems, solutions discussed at Oakland public forum
abc7news.com
The Strategic Policy Partnership, the consulting team led by Bob Wasserman and Bill Bratton, is working to reduce violent crime in Oakland. Bob Stewart is part of that team. He discussed the success of programs like "cease fire" and the need for ...

China Unveils Rail Ministry Breakup to Curb Corruption
Bloomberg
“As the last major monopoly in China, the rail ministry never lacked corruption, bureaucracy and mismanagement,” said Chen Yao, an associate professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, who has published four books on Chinese government organizations ...

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Photos: Deadly riot in Egypt after soccer verdict
Denver Post
A deadly riot broke out after the announcement of the final verdict in the case of the Port Said soccer massacre, on March 9, 2013, in Port Said, Egypt. Over seventy football fans of the Al Masry team were killed during a stadium brawl that took place ...

Suspect Arrested for Murder Near Morgan Territory Road in Clayton
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
A 22-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of his father, who was found dead at about 11am on Friday morning near Morgan Territory Road in Clayton, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's Spokesman Jimmy Lee says the ...

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Daily Beast
Where's the Faith in Fiction? Try Crime Novels
Daily Beast
Crime and noir have always told the story of people who decide to cross an invisible, but palpable moral line. It then measures the wreckage—physical, emotional, and spiritual—that results from the voluntary crossing over into another ethical ...