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Crime

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

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January 2008
- Missing NY Woman's Blood Found in Suspect's Car
  
  newser | Miami Herald | Jan 16, 08 1:38 PM CST
  
  With Stepha Henry missing for months after a trip to south Florida, New York police yesterday arrested a suspect whose abandoned car held so much of Henry's blood that police, declaring "no one could survive with that loss of blood," charged the man with second-degree murder, the Miami Herald reports. Henry, 22, went missing from a Florida nightclub last spring. More »
- Pregnant Marine Didn't Think She Was in Danger
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jan 16, 08 9:17 AM CST
  
  A pregnant Marine whose body was discovered in the back yard of Cesar Armando Laurean told prosecutors in November that she no longer thought Laurean was the father, Marine officials say. Maria Lauterbach alleged that Laurean raped her in March and April, but doctors estimated the 20-year-old’s conception date was May 14, the AP reports. More »
- Court Limits Investors' Suits Over Fraud
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jan 15, 08 5:14 PM CST
  
  The Supreme Court today made it harder for defrauded investors to sue to get their money back. The court limited the ability of investors to sue third parties—accountants, bankers, and lawyers, for example—who help a company commit securities fraud. The 5-3 ruling, considered one of the most important business decisions in years, will make it harder for Enron victims to recover their money, the Washington Post reports. More »
- Charred Body ID'd as Pregnant Marine's
  
  newser | CNN | Jan 15, 08 2:30 PM CST
  
  The burnt body found in the yard of wanted Marine Cesar Laurean's house is that of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, and an autopsy revealed she died from blunt trauma to the head, CNN reports. The DA told the Daily News of Jacksonville, NC, he didn't know whether Lauterbach’s child was born then killed; if that was the case, Laurean could face a second murder charge. More »
- FBI Develops Global Police Net
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jan 15, 08 10:50 AM CST
  
  FBI officials are holding key talks with international law enforcement authorities to develop a high-tech database of suspected criminals and terrorists. The "Server in the Sky" system, which uses sophisticated biometric data such as iris prints, could transform international policing. But it may be a hard sell in some countries, where privacy issues will likely be a major concern, reports the Guardian . More »
- Murdered Marine's ATM Card Surfaces
  
  newser | CNN | Jan 14, 08 5:15 PM CST
  
  Police recovered Maria Lauterbach's ATM card in a Durham, NC, bus station today and said her accused killer's truck was sighted in the area, CNN reports. The FBI offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Cesar Laurean, who allegedly murdered his fellow Marine last month. Lauterbach, 20, was pregnant with a child she said was Laurean's. More »
- Interpol Chief Resigns Amid $200K Bribery Charges
  
  newser | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jan 14, 08 3:01 AM CST
  
  The president of international police organization Interpol has resigned over corruption allegations. Jackie Selebi, who is also South Africa's national police commissioner and a leading member of the African National Congress, is accused of taking $200,000 in pay-offs from a notorious convicted drug smuggler, who is awaiting trial on murder charges, reports the Daily Telegraph . More »
- Wholesome Seattle Girl or Foxy Knoxy?
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Jan 13, 08 10:31 AM CST
  
  She claims to be “a girl of 20, who came to Perugia to learn Italian,” but on her blog, Amanda Knox—accused by Italian police of sexually abusing and murdering British student Meredith Kercher, 21—more aptly nicknamed herself "Foxy Knoxy." The Times of London reports on the divide between the wholesome Seattle girl she says she is and the wild side she might've overly indulged in Italy. More »
- Suspect in Pregnant Marine's Killing Spotted in La.
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jan 13, 08 9:24 AM CST
  
  The Marine suspected in the murder of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach and her unborn child was spotted last night exiting a bus in Shreveport, La., and could be headed to Texas, police said today. Authorities said they believe Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean could be dangerous if "put in a corner," and are hopeful he will be apprehended soon, the AP reports. More »
- Florida Cops Suspect Hooker Serial Killer Is Back
  
  newser | Newsweek | Jan 13, 08 7:55 AM CST
  
  The serial killer who hunted Daytona Beach’s prostitutes in the winter of 2005-2006 may be back, Newsweek reports. A body found recently matches the pattern of the earlier killings. “It’s eerily similar and has all the earmarks of the other cases,” said Daytona’s police chief. “I hope to God he’s not back, but I’m afraid that’s what we’re looking at.” More »
- Charred Body, Fetus Found in Marine's Yard
  
  newser | CNN | Jan 12, 08 4:03 PM CST
  
  Police found the burnt remains of a woman and a fetus today buried in a Marine's backyard, CNN reports. The suspected remains of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach are being rushed to a North Carolina medical examiner for positive identification as police launch a manhunt for Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, the chief suspect in Lauterbach's disappearance. More »
- Hiker's Friends Remember Slain 'Angel'
  
  newser | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Jan 12, 08 8:16 AM CST
  
  Hundreds of people packed a Georgia church yesterday to remember slain hiker Meredith Emerson as both a "firecracker" and an "angel," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. "Her light is reflected in your eyes," said her mother, who took the podium when Meredith's nephew became overcome with emotion. The family also brought Meredith's beloved lab mix, Ella. More »
- Police Dig Up Remains at Marine's House
  
  newser | CNN | Jan 11, 08 10:11 PM CST
  
  Police seeking a missing Marine have found blood and human remains at the yard of the Marine she had accused of raping her, CNN reports. Cops found a "trace of violent activity in the house" of Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean in North Carolina, and "evidence of an attempted cleanup." Police are treating Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach's death as murder and waiting for daylight to search a cavity in Laurean's yard. More »
- LA Gang Killings Down 27% Since '06
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Jan 11, 08 7:18 PM CST
  
  Los Angeles gang killings dropped 27% from the 2006 high of nearly 300, reports the Los Angeles Times . The city reported 216 gang-related killings in 2007, which still accounted for more than half of all homicides in Los Angeles. Authorities credited the reduction to a program that used police, federal agents, probation officers and prosecutors to target the 11 most dangerous gangs. Manpower was concentrated in eight "gang reduction zones." More »
- Pregnant Marine Died of 'Injury,' Sheriff Says
  
  newser | CNN | Jan 11, 08 5:19 PM CST
  
  Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, the pregnant Marine missing since Dec. 19 and declared to be dead this morning, apparently died of an "injury," though North Carolina investigators have yet to locate her body or the place where she is thought to be buried. The search for lead suspect Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, whom Lauterbach had accused of rape, is still on, CNN reports. More »
- 'Missouri Miracle,' 1 Year Later
  
  newser | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Jan 11, 08 2:50 PM CST
  
  A year has passed since police cracked the 4-day-old kidnapping case of Ben Ownby, and with it, astonishingly, the 4-year-old case of Shawn Hornbeck. After police found both boys alive and brought their kidnapper to justice, the feel-good tale became known as the “Missouri Miracle.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch checks in a year later and finds both teens doing well. More »
- DNA May Shine Light on Killer
  
  newser | LiveScience | Jan 11, 08 2:20 PM CST
  
  Authorities in Indiana are hoping DNA evidence will help them close the case of a woman who killed at least 25 people in the early 20th century before possibly faking her own death. A woman's headless body was found in the burned-out basement of Belle Gunness' house in 1908, and suspicions that the body wasn't hers soon arose, LiveScience reports. She may have fled West and continued killing. More »
- DC Woman: 4 Daughters 'Had Demons'
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jan 11, 08 7:21 AM CST
  
  A Washington, DC, woman accused of killing her four daughters admitted to police she had lived for months with their decomposing bodies. Banita Jacks told police that the girls died in their sleep, but told jail blockmates that she killed them because they were possessed by demons, the Washington Post reports. Investigators estimate the girls died as long ago as last May. More »
- Hiker Possibly Still Alive When Suspect Spotted
  
  newser | CNN | Jan 11, 08 5:05 AM CST
  
  Witnesses saw a "real fidgety" suspect Gary Hilton at a Georgia restaurant when kidnapped hiker Meredith Emerson was probably still alive in his van parked outside, CNN reports. The owner of a restaurant eight miles from where Emerson's decapitated body was found says Hilton came into the diner a day before police believe Emerson was killed. More »
- Suspects in Carnation Murders Plead Not Guilty
  
  newser | Seattle Times | Jan 10, 08 4:11 PM CST
  
  Michele Anderson and Joseph McEnroe pleaded not guilty today to charges of murdering six members of Anderson’s family Dec. 24 in Carnation, Wash., the Seattle Times reports. Friends and Anderson family members wore pictures of the two child victims—3 and 5 years old—and were seen frequently wiping away tears during the hearing in a Seattle courtroom. 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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A Dictionary of Sociology

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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