Here’s a Six-Minute Explainer for the Turmoil Currently Underway in Venezuela
The 2014 protests have affected not just political activists but ordinary citizens, too
There Are Regional Differences in Death Row Inmates’ Last Words
Southerners are more likely to say sorry, but that doesn’t mean they actually feel remorse
States Don’t Have to Disclose Where They Obtain Lethal Injection Drugs
First Missouri and now Texas has refused to disclose the origins of lethal injection drugs used in recent executions
The Bloody Attempt to Kidnap a British Princess
Remembering the failed plot undertaken by a lone gunman
How a Chicago Heiress Trained Homicide Detectives With an Unusual Tool: Dollhouses
Frances Glessner Lee’s miniature murder scenes are dioramas to die for
Pet Owners Are Pretending Their Dogs Are Service Animals to Sneak Them Into Places They Shouldn’t Be
Parking in a handicapped spot is illegal, and so is misrepresenting your pet as a service animal
In a Handful of Prisons, Inmates Are Being Trained in the Restaurant Business
Real-world experience is hard to come by behind bars, but some charities and prisons are working to change that
Outside the Americas, Knives Are Often the Weapon of Choice in Homicides
More than 130 people in Kunming, China, were injured when about ten men and women wielding knives began stabbing others at random
After Tokyo Libraries’ Anne Frank Books Were Defaced, Israel Offered to Replace Them
At least 300 books about the young Jewish girl who was killed in the Holocaust, including her famous diary, were vandalized in Tokyo libraries.
A Drug Company Tried to Block the Use of Pentobarbital in Executions, But U.S. States Are Finding Ways Around the Ban
In 2011, the Danish company behind the drug, Lunbeck, banned the sale of pentobarbital for execution purposes.
What Really Happened to Michael Rockefeller
A journey to the heart of New Guinea’s Asmat tribal homeland sheds new light on the mystery of the heir’s disappearance there in 1961
How Did Computers Uncover J.K. Rowling’s Pseudonym?
Forensic linguistics can use powerful programs to track written text back to its author
Prison Education Systems Can Keep People From Being Incarcerated Again
But education budgets in prisons were slashed during the economic recession
Forensic Experts Have Found 55 Bodies Buried at Notorious Reform School
That’s more than twice as many as they expected to find
As Drug Traffickers Move In, Tropical Forests Fall
Deforestation in Central America goes hand-in-hand with narcotics operations, which replace forests with airstrips, roads and money-laundering farms
Try to Smuggle an Illegal Elephant Tusk Out of Kenya, Pay a $230,000 Fine
For the first time, Kenya exercised its new, stricter punishments for wildlife trafficking crimes
The Story Behind the First Ransom Note in American History
Last year, a school librarian was looking through family artifacts when she stumbled upon the first ransom note in American history
This Group Knows You’ve Committed a Crime And Wants to Hear All About It
Have you ever committed a crime? Stop lying, you definitely have
This Clever Combination Lock Protects Your Bike’s Parts From Crooks
A German startup has developed the Sphyke C3N to secure your bicycle bits without you having to carry a key
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Family Plot to Kill Lincoln
Mary and John Surratt helped John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln and then paid the ultimate penalty for their actions
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