Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. January 15, 2008. Unlike the majority of civilians who commit murder, the majority of the 121 veterans documented by the Times reporters had no criminal history.
Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network AlterNet: PEEK. December 21, 2007. It is clear that our nation is not yet doing nearly enough to keep women and children safe.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. December 4, 2007. By imposing tougher penalties on those who break the law, we're becoming a society that is cutting off its nose to spite its face.
Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. November 24, 2007. Lindsay Beyerstein: The judge was willing to play along, even though the pickpocket had no history of violence.
Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny! AlterNet: PEEK. November 21, 2007. Giuliani's problems go well beyond his immediate associates and ne'er-do-wells like best buddy/Mafia bagman Bernie Kerik.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. August 31, 2007. Why did the comparison of Craig to the guy from the 'hood' so easily roll out of arresting officer Dave Karnsnia's mouth? It didn't seem to fit. Or did it?
Liliana Segura, AlterNet: PEEK. August 30, 2007. Liliana Segura: This is a huge victory for the family and supporters of Kenneth Foster, who at age 19, was sentenced to die for a murder that he did not commit.
John Gorenfeld, AlterNet. August 24, 2007. No GOP presidential race is complete without allegations of criminal activity: The latest on McCain's bathroom blow job hypocrite, Romney's cop-imitating director of operations, Giuliani's coke hound, possibly Fred Thompson himself, and much more.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet: PEEK. August 15, 2007. Liliana Segura: The state of Texas is about to execute the first of five death row prisoners by lethal injection over the next 15 days. Enough is enough.
Min. Paul Scott, AlterNet: PEEK. August 9, 2007. Min. Paul Scott: Republican Bob Allen was arrested this July for soliciting sex from an undercover black male cop. The reason he gave was his fear of black men.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. June 4, 2007. A recent murder trial in Tennessee shows an aspect of violent crime in America that isn't much talked about -- whites are far more likely to be the victims and blacks their assailants in interracial crimes than the other way around.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. April 24, 2007. A rapper recently told 60 Minutes that, if he knew the whereabouts of a mass killer, he wouldn't aid police. But blacks have more to lose than any other group when they turn a blind eye to crime.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. April 18, 2007. Korean officials feared that many Americans might see the murderous assault as something more than the act of a lone deranged, individual. This was not a totally false fear.
Prema Polit, AlterNet. April 14, 2007. In the U.S., over 2.13 million people are incarcerated. Sasha Abramsky's new book, "American Furies," explores the bloated prison system and its tremendous financial and moral cost to our society.
Christopher Rabb, Afro-Netizen. December 7, 2006. A young black man and an elderly black woman each die in a hail of police bullets; a comedian invokes the era of lynching, and suddenly it feels like a crime to be caught breathing while black.
Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor. October 24, 2006. Heists are growing problem for America's farm belt, where artichoke absconders, nut nappers, tree thieves, and even cattle rustlers are stealing commodities at impressive rates.
