Journalism

Four orthodox Jewish men were arrested Thursday in Brooklyn for allegedly taking pictures of a teenage girl while she testified she was sexually abused by another orthodox man.

So-called “Black Friday” sales may be catnip for some holiday shoppers, but in recent years they’ve also become scenes of bizarre – and in some places deadly – violence.

Across the country, voters Tuesday weighed in on myriad matters of criminal justice, including the death penalty, assisted suicide, legalizing marijuana, condom use on porn sets, and the three-strikes sentencing law.

Crimesider reports on some of the country’s worst public shootings this year

As soon as America knew the name of the man who allegedly opened fire in a Colorado movie theater Friday, the brother of Jessica Ghawi, one of the victims of the massacre, asked us to forget it.

“I hope it’s the most difficult thing I’ll ever go through in my life,” said Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the 17-year-old’s death.

The jury deliberating in the child sex abuse case against Jerry Sandusky has a big job. The people who have listened to nine days of testimony and arguments must wade through 48 counts of six different crimes allegedly committed against 10 young men over 15 years.

“These are not the bath salts you buy at Victoria’s Secret,” says Dr. Howard Mell. “This is really bad stuff.”

The nation’s most famous kidnap survivor talks about the night she was taken and why she wants children to learn how to fight back.