List/Grid Author Archives: Diane Dimond / Crime and Justice
Praying Is a Right For All Americans
Today let's talk about what's not a crime. In a country that was founded on freedom of ...
A Lifetime of Fighting Crime, One Layer of Clay at a Time
Forensic sculptor, in his own way, brought the dead back to life
A Weapon Against Serial Rapists
The evidence had been there all along. It had been sitting on a shelf inside a cold storage facility ...
We Mustn’t Give Perjury a Pass
Let’s talk about perjury — a person taking an oath to tell the truth and then lying through their teeth. Perjury is illegal, and one can be both fined and... Read more »
Defendants Spend Big Bucks To Attack the Victims
The first order of business for a man accused of rape is to discredit the accuser. If he can paint h ...
No Joke: Defense Lawyers Need a Code of Behavior
Question: What's the difference between a lawyer and a shark? Answer: Nothing. OK, right off t ...
Families of Murderers Also Are Victims for Life
How wonderful to see the recent photos of a smiling Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as she left the hospital ...
How To Finally Win the War
Forty years ago this month, President Richard Nixon declared his “War on Drugs.” Now, 40 years later, can we honestly say we’ve got a handle on the problem? No, of... Read more »
The Man Who Made Us Rethink Life, Death
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t remember holding my stricken mother’s hand as she lay on a special hospital bed we had set up in her living room.... Read more »
States Shoo Away D.C. on Immigration
Saying “I told you so” is not becoming. So I won’t say it. But I will remind folks of all those columns I wrote about the need for states to... Read more »
For False Prophets, a Kingdom Behind Bars
There ought to be a law. But there isn’t. So, religious hucksters like 89-year-old Harold Camping continue to operate monumental con jobs that bring in multiple millions of dollars in... Read more »
Pressures of Juries Call for Pros
Having spent the better part of the last two weeks watching an excruciatingly long jury selection for a capital murder case, I’m left wondering: Is it time for the United... Read more »
