Notes from the Handbasket

During the past year, friends have blessed me with wise advice. On a day when worry and fear were getting the best of my husband and me, a ...

How dangerous was he? He had a fistful of safety pins. That's how dangerous. The officer asked a nurse whether Cole had a pacemaker. ...

The sex offender registry is in place to protect people from sex offenders; the assumption is that offenders are likely to offend again. If ...

I am still shaking my head over this. Here’s the gist: When the friends and family of people arrested for drug crimes bring in cash to bai...

Civil forfeiture threatens the property rights of all Americans.  These laws allow the police to seize your home, car, cash or other proper...

You would think reporting crime stories would be interesting work but reporters seem to need to spice up their stories. In a story about a...

A  news story about a man charged with receiving child pornography includes a titilating detail: he had been a department store Santa. The ...