Crime and Justice

UPDATE: Anti-Rape Condom...With Teeth

Email interview with Rape-aXe creator exposes what CNN (and bloggers) got wrong.

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| Fri Jun. 25, 2010 5:30 PM PDT

Anti-Rape World Cup Condoms...With Teeth?

An armed condom helps women fight back.

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| Thu Jun. 24, 2010 3:03 PM PDT

Pakistan: Mark Zuckerberg Must Die, Maybe

A Facebook group violates sharia law, and the CEO is blamed.

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| Wed Jun. 23, 2010 11:52 AM PDT

Prisoners Scored $9 Mil in Housing Tax Credit

A new Treasury Dept. report finds rampant fraud with a popular housing program.

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| Wed Jun. 23, 2010 10:45 AM PDT

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Sen. Vitter's "Women's Issues" Aide Attacked Girlfriend. With a Knife.

The latest Diaper Dave scandal.

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| Wed Jun. 23, 2010 6:23 AM PDT

Mastermind Behind Arizona Immigration Law Strikes Again

A small Nebraska town has passed a contentious measure to exclude illegal immigrants from jobs and housing.

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| Tue Jun. 22, 2010 8:36 AM PDT

What's Next for Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3?

A federal appeals court just delivered a crushing blow to prisoners' rights.

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| Tue Jun. 22, 2010 1:00 AM PDT

Our Father Who Art in Prison

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| Mon Jun. 21, 2010 11:59 AM PDT

How a Right-Wing Immigration Lie Went Viral

Meet the ex-Border Patrol agent behind the myth that California has its own Arizona-like immigration law.

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| Mon Jun. 21, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

New Orleans Jail Makes Room for BP Execs

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| Tue Jun. 15, 2010 11:59 AM PDT

Arizona Immigration Law Could Increase Foreclosures

Economists anticipate that the harsh law will cripple the housing market's recovery as immigrants flee the state.

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| Tue Jun. 15, 2010 7:55 AM PDT

Supreme Court Won't Hear Rendition and Torture Case

Maher Arar's quest for accountability in US courts hits a brick wall.

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| Mon Jun. 14, 2010 10:16 AM PDT

Arar Case Finally Closed

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| Mon Jun. 14, 2010 9:12 AM PDT

Deporting the Best and the Brightest

A undocumented Harvard student is facing deportation, and activists are trying to use the case to change the country's immigration laws.

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| Mon Jun. 14, 2010 9:00 AM PDT

Marines Put Gay Man in Hospital. Will Anyone Prosecute?

And why is this crime considered a mere misdemeanor in Georgia?

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| Sun Jun. 13, 2010 10:57 PM PDT

Why ACLU's Head Honcho is "Disgusted" With Obama

Anthony Romero has good reason to be disappointed.

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| Fri Jun. 11, 2010 11:16 AM PDT

An Inconvenient Office

Members of Congress try to gut the powers of the Office of Congressional Ethics.

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| Fri Jun. 11, 2010 10:36 AM PDT

Guantanamo Bay's $2 Billion Pricetag

A go-kart track: $300,000. A Starbucks coffee house: $700,000. Unlawful detention? Priceless.

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| Thu Jun. 10, 2010 5:00 AM PDT

Alito: The Chamber of Commerce's Supreme Court Ringer?

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is corporate America's most reliable court vote.

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| Wed Jun. 9, 2010 8:22 AM PDT

Dem Joyce Elliott Will Take On Bush-Era US Atty. Tim Griffin

Can a top state legislator beat a key figure from the US attorneys scandal?

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| Tue Jun. 8, 2010 9:19 PM PDT