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Crime

"Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime." -G. Gordon Liddy

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  • May 2008

    • Bomb Damages San Diego Courthouse

      ABC News  |  May 5, 08 4:39 AM CDT

      Bomb Damages San Diego Courthouse

      (Newser) - In what could be the work of a serial bomber, a multi-pipe bomb exploded yesterday at a San Diego courthouse, shattering its door and blasting shrapnel across the street, ABC News reports. No one was hurt in the predawn explosion. The FBI is investigating the incident, which follows a similar bombing in the city last month that destroyed the door of a Federal Express building. No one has claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack, and no threats were received. More »

    • Fritzl Will Plead Insanity

      Times (UK)  |  May 4, 08 1:28 PM CDT

      Fritzl Will Plead Insanity

      (Newser) - The man charged with imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and repeatedly raping her may not spend long behind bars, reports the Times of London, as Josef Fritzel's lawyer plans to plead insanity to avoid a prison term. “Josef Fritzl is mentally ill and therefore not responsible for his actions," and belongs "in a closed psychiatry ward," Rudolf Mayer said.  More »

    • Cocaine Moves by Submarine

      Economist  |  May 4, 08 10:36 AM CDT

      Cocaine Moves by Submarine

      (Newser) - Cocaine traffickers have embraced a startling new method to transport their product into America, the Economist reports: homemade submersibles. The cartels themselves seem to be producing the small craft, which descend to just below the waterline. They sport large cargo space and fuel tanks that allow them to sail far out to sea before dropping their payloads. More »

    • Fritzl Owes Millions, Further Clouding Kids' Future

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 4, 08 9:22 AM CDT

      Fritzl Owes Millions, Further Clouding Kids' Future

      (Newser) - Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl is millions of euros in debt, adding to the challenge of his daughter’s recovery from years of sexual abuse and imprisonment, and the children's painful adaptation to the outside world, the Guardian reports. Now in a clinic near their old home, the family’s recuperation will take years, experts say. More »

    • Fritzl's Lawyer Sees 'Good But Also Bad' in His Eyes

      Der Spiegel  |  May 3, 08 8:00 PM CDT

      Fritzl's Lawyer Sees 'Good But Also Bad' in His Eyes

      (Newser) - Josef Fritzl's attorney is bonding with his client and painting a new picture of him for the press, Der Spiegel reports. “Josef Fritzl is being portrayed as a horrific monster and sexual tyrant," said Rudolf Mayer, a renowned Viennese lawyer. "My job is to show him as a human being." Mayer said he looked into Fritzl's eyes and gleaned much of his psyche in their first meeting. More »

    • Maddy Missing One Year Today

      BBC  |  May 3, 08 10:17 AM CDT

      Maddy Missing One Year Today

      (Newser) - On the first anniversary of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann’s disappearance in Portugal, her parents attended a UK church service in her honor, and similar ceremonies were planned elsewhere in Britain and Portugal. Supporters of the McCann family will light candles tonight in Madeleine’s honor, while the girl’s favorite soccer team illuminates its field, the BBC reports. Portugal police, meanwhile, say they continue to gather evidence. More »

    • Uma Stalker Says He Meant No Harm

      New York Post  |  May 3, 08 9:54 AM CDT

      Uma Stalker Says He Meant No Harm

      (Newser) - A man accused of stalking Uma Thurman for years has told a court he never meant to scare the star, the New York Post reports. Jack Jordan says the bizarre letters he sent Thurman—including pictures of razor blades and open graves, descriptions of aborted fetuses, and reference to her children being "an illusion"—were just creative writing. More »

    • Philly Cops Probe NFL Star in Shooting

      Indianapolis Star  |  May 2, 08 7:07 PM CDT

      Philly Cops Probe NFL Star in Shooting

      (Newser) - Police have questioned Indianapolis Colts star Marvin Harrison about a shooting outside his Philadelphia bar this week, the Indianapolis Star reports. Details are vague so far: A man was shot in the hand, doctors treated a child hurt by shattered glass, and “a vehicle that was on the highway” was involved in the Tuesday incident, a police spokesman said. More »

    • Police Quiz Ex-Tenants of Fritzl House

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 2, 08 8:20 AM CDT

      Police Quiz Ex-Tenants of Fritzl House

      (Newser) - A former tenant who lived just above the basement where Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter recalled wondering why his electricity bills were so high and why food disappeared from his kitchen, AFP reports. Police are tracking down the 100 or so lodgers who lived at the Fritzl house in the last 24 years, hoping to shed more light on what occurred there, the Guardian notes. "We want to talk to all of them," an officer said. More »

    • Prison Escapee, Now Suburban Mom, Caught After 32 Years

      Union-Tribune (San Diego)  |  May 1, 08 6:21 PM CDT

      Prison Escapee, Now Suburban Mom, Caught After 32 Years

      (Newser) - A 53-year-old mother of three, on the lam for 32 years after escaping from a Detroit prison, has been nabbed in a San Diego suburb. A fugitive since 1976, Susan Lefevre left the prison on a work pass and didn't return; she'll now have to finish out the remaining 9 years of her 10-year sentence for selling drugs, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. More »

    • Man Tries to Cash $360B Check

      Fort Worth Star-Telegram  |  May 1, 08 2:39 PM CDT

      Man Tries to Cash $360B Check

      (Newser) - A 21-year-old Texas man has been busted for attempting to deposit a $360 billion check, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports, stolen from his girlfriend's mother for, he claimed, the purpose of starting his own record label. Suspicious of the sum, the bank called the check’s owner. Arriving police found pot and an unlicensed weapon on the man, rounding out the fraud charge. Bail, fortunately, was more modest: $3,750. More »

    • Fritzl Told Victims He'd Gas Them

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 1, 08 2:16 PM CDT

      Fritzl Told Victims He'd Gas Them

      (Newser) - Josef Fritzl threatened to gas his captive daughter and their children if they tried to escape, the Guardian reports, claiming he had rigged a toxic-gas system in the basement. Meanwhile, the possibility of an accomplice arose for the first time today, when a 12-year lodger at the house said he had seen another man, identified as a “plumber,” go into the basement, reports the BBC. More »

    • Uma Breaks Down in Stalker Trial

      E! Online  |  May 1, 08 12:58 PM CDT

      Uma Breaks Down in Stalker Trial

      (Newser) - Uma Thurman had barely begun her testimony against alleged stalker Jack Jordan when the waterworks began, E! Online reports. Appearing pale, with nary a trace of makeup, Thurman teared up as she told the court how she’d feared for her kids’ and family’s safety. She described an incident in which Jordan had tried to break into her trailer, saying she felt “sick” and “freaked out.” More »

  • April 2008

    • 'CSI' Actor Busted for Drugs

      People  |  Apr 30, 08 11:11 AM CDT

      'CSI' Actor Busted for Drugs

      (Newser) - Life imitated art for "CSI" star Gary Dourdan when he was arrested Monday in Palm Springs, Calif., for possession of cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, and prescription pills, People reports. The “disoriented” crime drama star, who plays an audio-video analyst with an addiction-addled past, was picked up by patrol officers who spotted him sleeping in his car shortly after 5am, according the police statement. More »

    • Dear Mass Murderer: I Need Advice

      Radar  |  Apr 30, 08 10:51 AM CDT

      Dear Mass Murderer: I Need Advice

      (Newser) - An unemployed writer posing as a 10-year-old boy seeking advice wrote letters to a number of celebrities, including some of America's most infamous killers. The responses to the queries from the "pop-culture historian," as Radar magazine described Bill Geerhart, range from the weirdly sensible (Ted Kaczynski) to the terrifyingly psychotic (Charles Manson). More »

    • Austrian Town Holds Vigil for Dungeon Family

      BBC  |  Apr 30, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Austrian Town Holds Vigil for Dungeon Family

      (Newser) - Hundreds of people gathered last night for a candlelit vigil in the Austrian town where a man locked his daughter in a basement dungeon for 24 years and fathered her seven children. Emotional residents stood in the rain to demonstrate solidarity with the captive family, the BBC reports. "We want to show that Amstetten is not a town for criminals," said the mayor. More »

    • Incest Family Members Meet for 1st Time

      Associated Press  |  Apr 29, 08 2:08 PM CDT

      Incest Family Members Meet for 1st Time

      (Newser) - Members of the family in the Austrian incest case have met for the first time and interacted with "astonishing" ease, an official at the clinic where they're being treated told the AP. Although the children who were imprisoned with their mother had never met their other siblings or grandmother, their reunion on Sunday went smoothly, the clinic director said. More »

    • SNL Alum's Dad Murdered in Nashville

      TMZ  |  Apr 29, 08 11:39 AM CDT

      SNL Alum's Dad Murdered in Nashville

      (Newser) - A hit-making Nashville songwriter was charged yesterday in the pocketknife murder of his producing partner, who—in a headline-grabbing twist out of an old country ballad—is the father of former Saturday Night Live comedienne Cheri Oteri, TMZ reports. Nashville police said Oteri’s father had a "significant laceration” to his wrist, the AP reports. More »

    • Virtual Kidnap Latest Crime Wave in Mexico

      New York Times  |  Apr 29, 08 6:02 AM CDT

      Virtual Kidnap Latest Crime Wave in Mexico

      (Newser) - Mexican crooks are putting a new twist on an old crime with "virtual kidnapping," the New York Times reports. The criminals are cashing in on the widespread fear of kidnapping by calling families and pretending to have snatched a loved one—usually a child—for ransom. Many panicked parents pay up before they realize that their loved one is safe. More »

    • Austrian Incest Father Nabbed Earlier in Sex Crime

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 29, 08 4:45 AM CDT

      Austrian Incest Father Nabbed Earlier in Sex Crime

      (Newser) - An Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter as a sex slave in a dungeon for 24 years and fathering her seven children is a convicted sex offender, the London Times reports. No details were immediately available, but neighbors reported avoiding the home of Josef Fritzl, 73, because of rumors he had raped a woman. More »

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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

prison place of confinement for the punishment and rehabilitation of criminals. By the end of the 18th cent. imprisonment was the chief mode of punishment for all but capital crimes. At that time, largely as a result of the writings of Cesare Beccaria in Italy and John Howard and others in ...

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crime A crime is held to be an offence which goes beyond the personal and into the public sphere, breaking prohibitory rules or laws, to which legitimate punishments or sanctions are attached, and which requires the intervention of a public authority (the state or a local body). Ideally, the ...

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