"... the fastest-growing, least-examined type of incarceration in America, an industry that detains half a million people a year, up from a few thousand just 15 years ago. The system operates without the rules that protect criminal suspects, and has grown up with little oversight, often in the backyards of communities desperate for any source of money and work."
Related Rodricks: Immigrants pay taxes
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
The good, the evil and the stupid
Early this morning two people were shot at Club 410 at Belair & Moravia Rds. in the NE.
"Police have relocated an 87-year-old after a firebombing attempt on her home in the Walbrook neighborhood, authorities said yesterday. The incident occurred early Saturday morning, two days before she was to appear in court to face her alleged attacker in a March home invasion."
Hermann: "Adrian McFadden was pointing a black six-shot revolver at Avon Ball Jr.'s face and threatening to pull the trigger. Ball's foster brother, George T. Johnson, stared back at the gunman and pleaded, 'Don't shoot him, shoot me.' The gunman obliged ..."
A man was shot at E. Monument and N. Port streets.
Tales of the stupid: A Baltimore man stopped for speeding in Easton was arrested for impersonating a police officer after flashing a defunct Loyola College security badge.
"Police have relocated an 87-year-old after a firebombing attempt on her home in the Walbrook neighborhood, authorities said yesterday. The incident occurred early Saturday morning, two days before she was to appear in court to face her alleged attacker in a March home invasion."
Hermann: "Adrian McFadden was pointing a black six-shot revolver at Avon Ball Jr.'s face and threatening to pull the trigger. Ball's foster brother, George T. Johnson, stared back at the gunman and pleaded, 'Don't shoot him, shoot me.' The gunman obliged ..."
A man was shot at E. Monument and N. Port streets.
Tales of the stupid: A Baltimore man stopped for speeding in Easton was arrested for impersonating a police officer after flashing a defunct Loyola College security badge.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
229
A 22-year-old woman was shot to death in Canton last night in the 800 block of S. Bouldin St.
Ronald Comer Hall, 46, was shot to death at Broadway and E. Lanvale
Ronald Comer Hall, 46, was shot to death at Broadway and E. Lanvale
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
228
An unidentified man was shot in the head at North Fremont Avenue and Bennett Place.
Hermann follows up on the story of Carlos Woods, a boy caught in crossfire at age 3, now 10 years old.
Trooper fired after getting drunk, kidnapping man, subjecting him to white-knuckle ride in Towson
Three gun-toting felons got some Rod time, including Jermaine Bell, accused of paying $45k for the murders of three harewin-trade rivals (and the DOJ is now publishing press releases as PDFs, how annoying)
Media blabber: Tim Franklin, editor and VP of The Sun, has jumped ship. His successor will be the guy who was the mastermind behind the launch of that wildly popular paragon of intellectual progress, "b." And only good can come of that.
Hermann follows up on the story of Carlos Woods, a boy caught in crossfire at age 3, now 10 years old.
Trooper fired after getting drunk, kidnapping man, subjecting him to white-knuckle ride in Towson
Three gun-toting felons got some Rod time, including Jermaine Bell, accused of paying $45k for the murders of three harewin-trade rivals (and the DOJ is now publishing press releases as PDFs, how annoying)
Media blabber: Tim Franklin, editor and VP of The Sun, has jumped ship. His successor will be the guy who was the mastermind behind the launch of that wildly popular paragon of intellectual progress, "b." And only good can come of that.
Monday, December 22, 2008
The End
Michael Johnson Jr., suspected serial rapist, shot himself twice and died in a boarding house near Albany, N.Y.
Just asking
A program in Mexico pays poor people to take their children to doctor's visits and send them to school. Could it work here?
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Hearth and Home
More details on the murder of Travis Makofski/Mafoski, 28: he was shot during the course of a home invasion, in which a gun was held to his mother's head. No word on if the suspects were caught (but odds are they haven't been).
Especially between now and Christmas, don't open the door to anyone if you're not sure who it is! It's the most dangerous time of the year right now!
"Police advise crime victim to move"
"Two veteran Baltimore city homicide detectives are facing an internal investigation after allegedly refusing to cooperate in attempts to evict a public housing tenant."
"A Goucher College student who allegedly was sexually assaulted has come forward but is not cooperating with Baltimore County police, police said."
What the?! Dept:
"A man who was convicted of four sex offenses involving a 14-year-old girl is entitled to a new trial because of the way the last member of the jury was chosen, the Court of Appeals held."
"A Prince George's County police lieutenant charged four times this year with driving under the influence passed out behind the wheel of a running police cruiser in one incident, had to be Tasered and pepper-sprayed in another and was at fault in a hit-and-run in a third"
Especially between now and Christmas, don't open the door to anyone if you're not sure who it is! It's the most dangerous time of the year right now!
"Police advise crime victim to move"
"Two veteran Baltimore city homicide detectives are facing an internal investigation after allegedly refusing to cooperate in attempts to evict a public housing tenant."
"A Goucher College student who allegedly was sexually assaulted has come forward but is not cooperating with Baltimore County police, police said."
What the?! Dept:
"A man who was convicted of four sex offenses involving a 14-year-old girl is entitled to a new trial because of the way the last member of the jury was chosen, the Court of Appeals held."
"A Prince George's County police lieutenant charged four times this year with driving under the influence passed out behind the wheel of a running police cruiser in one incident, had to be Tasered and pepper-sprayed in another and was at fault in a hit-and-run in a third"
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