360 Staff Pick: Blame
This gorgeously written novel tracks young history professor Patsy MacLemoore through her alcoholic blackouts, vehicular homicide, prison sentence, and rehabilitation. Don't let the grim subject matter...
View ArticleStop Killing
David M. Kennedy, director of the Center for Crime Prevention and Control, professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and author of Don't Shoot: One Man, A Street Fellowship, and the End of...
View ArticleWebsite Tracks D.C. Homicides in Real Time
When Laura Amico launched the website Homicide Watch D.C., her intent was to create a comprehensive record of all the murders in the District. Little more than a year later, the site has become more...
View ArticleRisk Assessment Model Helps Predict Domestic Violence Homicide
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), the federal legislation aimed at ending violence against women and supporting victims of violence, is up for reauthorization this year. The Senate is debating the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Bans Life without Parole for Juveniles
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that mandatory life without parole sentences for children under 17 years old are unconstitutional. The ruling struck down statutes in 29 states that required life...
View ArticleHomicide Watch
This week came news that the Homicide Watch D.C. might go on hiatus because its founder and proprietor Laura Amico has been awarded the Nieman-Berkman fellowship. Amico is attempting to keep Homicide...
View ArticleDespite Sequester, Feds Award Grants to Prevent Domestic Abuse Homicides
In an era when the Violence Against Women Act has proven to be hugely divisive, and budgets are being slashed because of the sequester, the Department of Justice has awarded millions in grant money to...
View ArticleFather of Murdered 1-Year-Old Still Not Cooperating
The father of a 1-year-old boy shot to death in his stroller Sunday night is still not cooperating with police.Anthony Hennis was pushing his son, Antiq Hennis, in a stroller across a street in the...
View ArticleNewark: 10 Homicides in 10 Days
The shooting of a 14-year old boy Wednesday evening in in the courtyard of Newark's Riverview Terrance housing complex is the city's tenth homicide in 10 days.Police Director Samuel DeMaio says that...
View ArticleFatal Essex County Carjacking One of 400 Stolen Cars This Year
The death of Dustin Friedland, shot and killed in Short Hills, N.J., is the latest of 400 carjackings in Essex County so far this year.Carjackings in the county have been going up every year since...
View ArticleSuspected Christmas Night Shooter of two Newark Teens Arrested
Newark, N.J. is ending 2013 with more than a hundred murders — the most the city has seen since 2006.In a five-day period around the holidays, three teens were shot and killed. Zainee Hailey, 13, was...
View ArticleThe Perfect Crime
If you are driving and kill a pedestrian, there's a good chance you'll barely be punished. Why?
View ArticleSouth African athlete Oscar Pistorius is acquitted of murder, but could face...
After a long and very public trial, Oscar Pistorius will not be convicted of murder — but he could still go to prison for "culpable homicide." Many South Africans were shocked by the acquittal for...
View Article165- The Nutshell Studies
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, Maryland is a busy place. Anyone who dies unexpectedly in the state of Maryland will end up there for an autopsy. On an average day, they might...
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The Making of 'Making a Murderer'
In 1985, Steven Avery was convicted and imprisoned for sexual assault in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. He served nearly two decades of his sentence before being exonerated on the basis of new forensic...
View ArticleNetflix's 'Making a Murderer' Makes a Star
The massively popular Netflix series Making a Murderer explores the circumstances surrounding a homicide in small-town Wisconsin, and highlights the ways the criminal justice system failed defendants...
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After another bloody weekend in Chicago, a look at the city’s violence epidemic
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioWILLIAM BRANGHAM: But first: It was yet another bloody holiday weekend in Chicago. Five more people were shot this morning, bringing the toll since Friday afternoon to...
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Trump warns he’s ready to ‘send in the Feds’ to Chicago
The Trump International Hotel and Tower is seen in Chicago, Illinois, on Jan. 14, 2016. Photo by Jim Young/ReutersWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is serving notice he’s ready to “send in the Feds”...
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Workplace shootings, like Orlando’s, tick upward in U.S.
Investigators work the scene of a fatal workplace shooting in Orlando, Florida, U.S. June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Daniel LeClair – RTX395KLWASHINGTON — Fatal workplace shootings, like the one Monday in...
View ArticleSnap #909 - Counted: An Oakland Story
Counted: An Oakland Story is a yearlong look at the people lost to Oakland’s violence. During 2017, a team of Snap Judgment producers learned about Oakland’s homicide victims, their families and...
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