Find out what criminals and terrorists to watch for now
June 24, 2009
As a kid I used to amuse myself at the post office by standing backward in line, checking the bulletin board’s FBI Most Wanted List while my mother mailed packages.
Today, we can see fugitives’ mugshots and information about their evilness online. It’s a far-ranging list, with Osama bin Laden on the top line.... More
Vindicated by video
June 16, 2009
Do you worry about the sprouting of surveillance cameras wherever you go? Some are thankful for it – and not just those doing the watching. More
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Numbers about crime that matter
June 15, 2009
People get wrapped up in statistics. For some, it’s the Oriole pitching staff’s ERA. Others worry about the unemployment and foreclosure rates. For those concerned about crime, there are lots of numbers to check. Police departments keep them. So do prosecutors. And so... More
Privacy vs. security at the airport
June 7, 2009
Which do you fear more, terrorists or airport security checkpoints?
According to a report released by the federal Transportation Security Administration, people continue to try to carry weapons with them onto airliners. But Thursday, the House of Representatives voted to limit checkpoint devices that show... More
Prosecutors and Baltimore’s police
May 31, 2009
The second half of Exhibit A’s interview with Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld is available to read here. In it Bealefeld comments on criticism of his department by the city State’s Attorney’s Office of Patricia C. Jessamy (left) for the dismissal of cases when officers haven’t appeared in court to testify. More
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Putting crime statistics in perspective
May 30, 2009
We hope you’ve read the first half of our interview with Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld. He recently spent 90 minutes answering former Baltimore Sun reporter Melody Simmon’s questions for us. Look for the second half of their conversation here on Monday. More
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Better to do jury duty than own time behind bars
May 24, 2009
Ah, jury duty. A chance to observe and participate in the preservation of our society’s social order. An opportunity to do our part in seeing that justice is served. Our civic duty, indeed.
Not everyone sees it that way, though. Many people dread jury duty. More
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Judge sides with driver trying to beat computer-printed DUI ticket
May 17, 2009
You’re probably an experienced user of e-mail. But have you ever gotten an e-citation?
And if the police have given you one, did you beat the criminal charge because of a glitch? A man in Baltimore County might.
E-citations are tickets that Maryland State Police troopers have been handing out since March 2008. Instead of writing out an old-fashioned... More
Is this the face of a traitorous terrorist?
May 11, 2009
Since kindergarten, Charlie, the son of journalist Mary Jacoby, has been detained – sometimes for hours – at airport security checkpoints because his name was on the FBI’s terrorist list. More
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The battle over the right to privacy vs. free speech
May 6, 2009
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