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by Patrick H. Moore
There is a crisis of epic proportions brewing in the world of criminal defense. Due to the huge increase in the U.S. prison population over the past 50 years (approximately 1,000 per cent), combined with large spending cuts, the work […]
by BJW Nashe
In the world of fiction, Abraham Lincoln has been involved in some pretty wild escapades during the past few years. He has not only won the Civil War and freed the slaves, but also hunted scores of vampires, and been impeached by Congress. He has […]
by Patrick H. Moore
A veteran CIA officer who served in Moscow during the climax of the Cold War in the 1980’s sat down with All Things Crime Blog for an interview to discuss the spy scandal that erupted in Moscow […]
posted by Patrick H. Moore
Heroin used to be king — the horror drug, subject of literary masterworks, the bringer of pain and the killer of hopes and dreams. Then something funny happened on the way to the 1980’s — heroin went out of […]
book review by Patrick H. Moore
David W. Thayer’s new crime thriller, Black Forest, available in e-version at Amazon.com, may keep you up all night reading breathlessly, fighting off the confounding desire to look ahead to see what happens next. Don’t. Try to […]
by Peter Maiden
“He had been a man it was impossible to dislike. How many do you meet in a lifetime you can say that about?” This reflection in the mind of world-famous sleuth Philip Marlowe, in Raymond Chandler’s masterpiece The Long Goodbye, […]
posted by Patrick H. Moore
We’ve all heard of the Insanity Defense but how does it actually work? Is it a valid defense? Will it keep you out of prison if you shoot and kill someone while under the influence of insanity?
These are […]
by Patrick H. Moore
The story of our criminal justice system in the past four decades is marked by public fear, political opportunism, and the failure of tough mandatory sentencing policies.
Forty-five years ago, the United States prison population was only a fraction of […]
American crime writer Jim Thompson wrote 24 crime novels in just over 20 years, beginning in the early 1950s. He had been writing since he was a teenager, sometimes getting paid as a newspaper and true crime journalist, and also as director of the […]
In a scenario that puts Mel Brooks’ classic The Producers to shame, a movie that was made as part of a scam to defraud the British government of millions of dollars has now won awards and could even end up turning a profit, although […]
