NYPD Officer Plotted to Kidnap and Eat Women — Enough for Conspiracy?
The NY Times reported on Fri, Oct. 26, that a NYPD officer was charged with plotting to abduct, kill and eat women. The story is of course disturbing, but the question is whether his plan went far...
View ArticleJudge in Trayvon Martin Case Refuses to Restrict Lawyers’ Comments on...
The NY Times is reporting that the Judge in the trial of George Zimmerman has refused to prohibit lawyers from using social media — and traditional media sources — to comment on the case. The...
View ArticleSpanier Indictment Tracks Freeh Report
The indictment against Graham Spanier and the new charges against Tim Curly and Gary Schultz appear to have been simply lifted out of the findings of the Freeh Report. Spanier, Curly and Schultz are...
View ArticleFaulty Fingerprint Evidence Overturns Homicide Conviction
Lana Canen served eight years in an Indiana prison for the killing of a blind 94 year old woman before he conviction was set aside when it was demonstrated that a crucialpiece of evidence — a...
View ArticleHomicide Charges Possible But Unlikely in Pittsburgh Zoo Death
It is certainly possible that the mother who boosted her two year old son up to see the painted dogs at the Pittsburgh zoo could face homicide charges for the tragedy that followed. Her actions in...
View ArticleMom Not to be Charged in Painted Dogs Case
As was suspected, the District Attorney has decided not to charge the mother who lost control of her two year old son, whom she was holding on a railing to look at the African painted dogs at the...
View ArticleJanuary Show to Discuss Gun Control
This month’s episode of Crime and Punishment will feature a very reasonable conversation about gun control — something that has been largely missing on television programs on the issue that have...
View ArticleThe Past, Present and Future of the War on Drugs
February’s show will look at America’s War on Drug. Guests will be Pittsburgh defense attorney Gary Zimmerman and former Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania,...
View ArticleAmanda Knox Case
April’s show will look at the evidence, science, and law in the Amanda Knox case. Internationally renowned forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht and Italian lawyer Antonio Lordi will join us to discuss the...
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