The Wall Street Journal's editorial captures the essence of the Blagojevich scandal:
The list of crooked politicians is long, and the list of stupid politicians even longer. But if the criminal allegations made yesterday against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich are proven in court, rarely will a politician have combined the two qualities with such efflorescence.
An innovative approach to keeping kids out of trouble:
Inmates at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility hope their performance of Shakespeare adaptations will help at-risk kids stay out of prison.
Inmates in the Shakespeare in Shackles program recently adapted and performed scenes from "Romeo and Juliet" to highlight the violent society Romeo lived in and the consequences of his choices.
This is one of the most shocking crime stories I've seen in a while:
Police say a Muncie woman was arrested after asking a state trooper whether she could smoke -- and then trying to light up a marijuana joint.
Thirty-two-year-old Honesty Knight was a passenger in a vehicle that Trooper Eric Perkins pulled over for a traffic violation early Friday. While the trooper was talking to the driver, Knight obtained the trooper's permission to smoke.
Oh, come on -- criminal libel?
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A man accused of making unflattering online comments about his former lover and her attorney on Craigslist has been charged with two counts of criminal libel.
I don't have any more use for badly behaving pro athletes than anybody else, but Dave Kopel is right on this one:
New York Giants star receiver Plaxico Burress is facing a mandatory 3½ years in prison and the end of his football career. His crime? Not having a license, which New York City never would have issued him, for the exercise of his constitutional right to bear arams.
Everybody's got to have a hobby:
PORTAGE | Douglas E. Smith -- the man believed to be the most arrested person ever in Porter County -- was arrested again Thursday.
It was his 71st arrest.
Smith, 49, of 358-A Salt Creek Parkway, Valparaiso, was arrested on charges of public intoxication, resisting and intimidation.
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Criminal genius of the week:
Brian Russell, 31, is charged with being a habitual offender operating after suspension and violating his bail conditions.
Police said they tried to pull Russell over in New Gloucester, but he did not stop until entering the neighboring city of Auburn.
Police said Russell told them he took off because he did not think a Cumberland County sheriff's deputy could arrest him if he crossed into Androscoggin County.
Happy 25th anniversary to Crime Stoppers:
A quarter century of answering the phone has netted more than 29,000 crime tips, helping lead to more than 8,000 arrests.
Those tips were a factor in more than 9,000 solved crimes, including 68 homicides.
"Lost cause" update, in a Detroit Free Press interview with Harry Reid:
Q: With more Democrats in the Senate and the House and a Democrat in the White House, how do you see congressional efforts playing out on such issues as health care and immigration?
Just what we need -- more encouragement for the "Ah know mah rahts" yahoos:
A new informational video on the Indiana Supreme Court's Web site is intended to help people who want to represent themselves in court.
The 46-minute video, "Family Matters: Choosing to Represent Yourself in Court," is aimed at helping people represent themselves in cases such as divorces, mortgage foreclosures, protective orders and small claims.
