Jim Atkinson
Stories
Probation gives criminals a chance to show society that they can stay straight. Probation officers like Jan Purdom believe the system works.
Probation gives criminals a chance to show society that they can stay straight. Probation officers like Jan Purdom believe the system works.
Used correctly, the polygraph can tell whether or not an accused criminal’s claim that he didn’t do it is true. Too bad the police can’t take that to court.
Used correctly, the polygraph can tell whether or not an accused criminal’s claim that he didn’t do it is true. Too bad the police can’t take that to court.
Rusty Hardin is a prosecutor. Most of the time, his job is to put people in jail. This time, he wants a man dead.
Rusty Hardin is a prosecutor. Most of the time, his job is to put people in jail. This time, he wants a man dead.
To unjam its prisons, Texas is moving convicted felons out of the big house and into a house on your block.
Trial by jury is a right most people charged with a crime never get to exercise. Instead, they accept a quicker, less risky alternative: the plea bargain.
Trial by jury is a right most people charged with a crime never get to exercise. Instead, they accept a quicker, less risky alternative: the plea bargain.
Every year thousands of men and women assault, molest, or murder innocent victims - their own children.
Every year thousands of men and women assault, molest, or murder innocent victims - their own children.
John Catchings can sole crimes without witnesses, confessions, or clues. How? He’s a psychic.
John Catchings can sole crimes without witnesses, confessions, or clues. How? He’s a psychic.
Mandatory sentencing means every felon gets the same sentence for the same crime - and for the rest of us it means a lot of crimes that won’t happen.