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A Crime And Justice Wish List for 2010

by Diane on December 28, 2009

Number One Threat - Terrorism

Number One Threat - Terrorism

W ith the year end celebrations mostly behind us it’s time to look ahead. 2010 is just days away and as I do every year here’s my wish list for a year filled with better news on the crime and justice beat.

My top wish is for everyone to truly understand the threat anti-American terrorism still holds for our country. To highlight that I wish the upcoming trials in New York for the 9-11 terror suspects would be televised. Just as the Watergate hearings enlightened America … [click to continue…]

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A ‘Victimless’ Crime?

by Diane on March 7, 2009

Horror in the Desert

Horror in the Desert

How many times have you heard that prostitution is a “victimless” crime?

As the argument usually goes: So what if people choose to engage in sex for money? It’s between two consenting adults. The woman volunteers, the man pays. No one gets hurt.

Really?

Tell that to the families of the young women being unearthed from a stretch of mesa southwest of  Albuquerque, New Mexico. As I write this the remains of at least 13 women and one unborn child have been discovered in a gruesome mass grave, the handiwork of at least one, and maybe more, serial killers. All the dead women are believed to have been prostitutes and/or addicted to drugs. [click to continue…]

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