Aces and Eights
Aces and Eights As someone who grew up watching Hollywood westerns on TV or the movies, I became enamored with the image of the Sheriff standing tall and enforcing the law, with actors such as John Wayne, Gary Cooper or...
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Aces and Eights As someone who grew up watching Hollywood westerns on TV or the movies, I became enamored with the image of the Sheriff standing tall and enforcing the law, with actors such as John Wayne, Gary Cooper or...
Read moreYou've either seen it as an instructor, or experienced it as a student boring PowerPoint (PPT) presentations that cause people to tune out after the first few slides. I've seen a couple of that were prescription strength they worked better...
Read moreCrime Scene Investigations (CSI) has existed for many years, and now with the proliferation of television shows highlighting forensic evidence collection and analysis, people know more about the processing of a crime scene and what evidence law enforcement looks for....
Read moreLOS ANGELES -- Upon hearing about the suicide of a 13-year-old neighbor, a Missouri woman ordered her business assistant and daughter to delete the Internet account they are accused of using to harass the girl, the assistant testified Thursday.Ashley Grills,...
Read moreSAN FRANCISCO -- Inmates with open, bleeding wounds routinely use communal showers and suicidal prisoners are sometimes kept for hours inside small cages, witnesses testified in a lawsuit over state prison crowding.The four guards who testified before a three-judge panel...
Read moreNEW ORLEANS -- Soledad O'Brien and a CNN crew came to town in the spring to report on violent crime. The resulting documentary, "CNN Presents: One Crime at a Time," premieres Saturday at 7 p.m. on the network, with repeats...
Read moreLOS ANGELES -- In a series of real-world experiments, people exposed to graffiti, litter and other cues of lawlessness were more likely to commit small crimes, according to a study published today that bolsters the controversial "broken windows" theory of...
Read moreLAKEWOOD, Colo. -- A Lakewood police officer shot a suspect in the stomach after the suspect used a Taser on a fellow officer Wednesday afternoon during a struggle in a Wal-Mart parking lot. The suspect was taken to a local...
Read morePITTSBURGH -- A judge denied bail on Thursday for a woman accused of killing an FBI agent during a drug raid that led to her husband's arrest on cocaine-dealing charges.Christina Korbe, 40, was arraigned early Thursday on a homicide charge...
Read moreATLANTA -- Authorities count hundreds of Amber Alert cases across the country as success stories when they start explaining why the media-friendly and politically popular bulletins are so important.Yet despite a federal law meant to create a uniform system, an...
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