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Stand By Your Dictator
“The UN gave up trying to count the war’s death toll in 2016, when it had already reached nearly half a million. More than 10m Syrians are refugees.”
Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
‘What’s this guy doing loose in Malheur County?’
He faked an insanity defense, got out, and immediately committed another crime, and this time people are dead. He’s going to plead insanity again.
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Detective Fitbit
Can Fitbit data help to convict the alleged perpetrator of a brutal murder?
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
Did the United States Booby-Trap a Vital Soviet Gas Pipeline?
“Weiss…a subtle, under-the-radar bureaucrat who fought his country’s adversaries with red tape and a headful of contrarian ideas. I understood him as a man whose entire life was secrets. “
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The Rape Kit’s Secret History
The story of the woman who forced police to start treating sexual assault like a crime.
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The girl in a box: the mysterious crime that shocked Germany
In 1981, after being missing for 19 days, 10-year-old Ursula Herrmann was found buried in a box measuring 72cm by 60cm – the size of a small coffee table. So, how did a member of the prosecution team, the victim’s brother, no less, end up acting in favor of the defense?
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Why the Mueller Investigation Failed
“Robert Mueller forfeited the opportunity to speak clearly and directly about Trump’s crimes, and Barr filled the silence with his high-volume exoneration. Mueller’s investigation was no witch hunt; his report was, ultimately, a surrender.”
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In Hot Pursuit of STS-50, High Seas Scofflaw
What’s in the hold, captain? Oh nothing, just tonnes upon tonnes of illegal Chilean bass — nothing to see here!
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A Crime By Any Name
The Trump administration’s commitment to deterring immigration through cruelty has made horrifying conditions in detention facilities inevitable.
