Yet another exciting week in the world of crime and our bloggers are there to capture it all.
This week on Crime, Interrupted blogger Tami describes a recent case of child abuse where a man left his two year old daughter alone in his house while he was at work. The article Shane Englehart: (Alleged) Lair, Lair, Pants on Fire traces the disjointed tale that Englehart wove to cover for himself. It involves Craig's List, a tiara and a baby sitter that doesn't exist.
The latest post on The Malefactor's Register ponders the importance of time. The article Minute by Minute, Part 1. Dr. John M. Branion, Jr. an African-American civil rights activist, was a respected and successful physician in a time when racism was considered a social norm. Branion was convicted of murdering his wife. His defense was that he had been somewhere else when she was shot.
Michelle Simonsen, of the Michelle Says So blog, was disappointed when she wasn't selected to be a juror on the Jimmy Atteberry case. In her article I was robbed of my civic duty! she describes being denied a seat on the jury. She also explains the crimes committed by the man on trial. Jimmy Atteberry was charged with the death of Lisa Lightfoot in 1985. He was linked to the crime via DNA evidence. Michelle later updated; he was found guilty in an hour and a half.
Paul LaRosa, head of the The Murder Book 2008 blog, posts a story about Norman Brown. 1 dead, man beaten with a garbage can describes a deadly assault with a trash can lid and the people who were left behind.
CLEWS post Genre News summarizes the latest true crime books including Kathryn Harrison's While They Slept and Gregory A. Freeman's Lay This Body Down. Laura James also comments on The Monster of Florence, the newest book and first true crime novel of writer Douglas J. Preston.
This is not actually featured on a blog on the Blogroll, but it's too hysterical to let it go unnoticed. Michelle Gray takes on Corey Mitchell (in a kind and loving way) on the National Lampoon! funny celebrity and entertainment news. Check out Pulling the pork with Corey Mitchell. You'll be glad that you did.
By the way, check out my new post on In Cold Blog. Yes, I know, I'm shamelessly promoting myself. But I worked really hard on this article. For many hours I slaved away gathering as much information as I could and I even found out that Doom has its own Wikipedia. Yeah, who knew? I'm really pleased with the way that the article turned out. So go forth and read my masterpiece: Grand Theft Auto made me do it!
