List/Grid Author Archives: Diane Dimond / Crime and Justice
Oh, Yes, We Can!
A golden retriever named Lily patiently sits at the glass entryway of a red brick building tucked be ...
Too Much Sunshine Law Burns Anthony Jurors
Every state has laws that govern the public's access to government records. From New Mexico to ...
Halloween Sex Offender Scare Is Largely Myth
The spookiest time of the year is fast approaching, and you have likely already heard about local la ...
Be Furious Over How Fast Gun Buys Went Bad
What the hell is going on in this country? And why don't our federal officials just man-up and ...
Criminal Records Are Haunting Job Seekers
With the U.S. unemployment over 9 percent these days, nearly everyone knows someone who is out of wo ...
Victim Who Became a Hero
My annual Hero of the Year award usually comes up in December, but this year I can't wait. I&# ...
Trading Liberty for ‘Security’
The scene is repeated across America millions of times each year. Citizens raise their cameras to sn ...
Science Stays Ahead of the Law
Many years ago I was assigned to cover a story about a sperm donor, a newly graduated doctor in Kans ...
Reach Out to Pregnant Teens
It has happened again, and it breaks my heart. A young mother in Hendersonville, N.C., walked into a ...
Need Health Care? Try Going to Prison
Inmates getting better medical attention than many of us on the outside
An Anniversary Best Ignored
As anyone who hasn't been living on the moon knows, the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11th att ...
Readers Debate Prison Jobs, Guns on Campus
Responses based on everything from emotion to safety to costs
