Justice & Punishment

In a joint effort between law enforcement in Germany, Belarus, and the United States, as well as help from experts at Microsoft and other worldwide cybersecurity agencies, an operation to …
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Since Donald Trump’s election here in the U.S. and the U.K.’s decision to cut ties with the European Union, there has been a lot of talk about “fake news” and …
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It is not too far a leap to think that children who grow up in a household where crime is the norm and criminality is part of everyday life may be …
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In March 1975, two sisters aged just 10 and 12 years old disappeared after visiting the Wheaton Plaza Mall in Maryland half a mile away from their home. To have …
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In January 2004 in Fort McMurray, Canada, a man known only as “Ben” enters a nightclub. He’s there not to have a good time, but to meet someone named Dax …
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Before defendants ever get to see their day in court, most times they are taken to jail where a judge then determines whether or not that defendant is able to …
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On 23 November 1910, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London. A small unimposing man qualified in homeopathic medicine, he was convicted of the murder and …
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Four weeks after 43-year-old Jody Herring, a mother of three, lost custody of her 9-year-old daughter she viciously targeted the people she held to blame, prosecutors said at her sentencing …
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Many episodes of Sword and Scale have struck an emotional cord in our listeners but very few have hit as close to home for most of our fans as Episode …
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Bludgeoned to death with an axe in an act of unspeakable violence in their own home, the appalling murders of 38-year-old Christine Lundy and her 7-year-old daughter Amber, have been …
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