Defrosting Cold Cases

Folks, those of you who have Twitter accounts and are interested in anything law enforcement & social media, pay attention to the latest chat! On June 27 at 9pm EST, Tim Burrows and Christa Miller launch #copchat, a weekly returning chat about police, their use of social media, cases, investigations, technology, and more. Follow Tim [...]

    By now you should have heard or read about SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act). On Wednesday January 18th, there will be a hearing about this web-crippling law in Congress. And although you might have heard that some politicians halted their support, the bill is NOT cancelled. Neither is it Senate’s equivalent, called PIPA. [...]

Not everyone reads blogs so in an effort to reach those who do not, Vidster is going e! Today, my first eBook is on sale. “Zeigler, through Vidster’s eyes” documents all the blog posts I have written about the Zeigler case. Those posts are of course, in between all my other (700+) posts. I thought [...]

In the clip below, Chris Sherliker discusses the illegality of phone hacking. He explains that what was understandable was still illegal and, what is completely not understandable in the News of the World episode of phone hacking as was done in the case of Milly Dowler. He also discusses what the future holds for the relationship [...]

be a correctional officer in one of the largest maximum security lock-up in the free world? Meet Luke Whyte who interviewed a sergeant at Pelican Bay State Prison, California (PBSP). “Pelican Bay State Prison is the end of the line; designed to contain and isolate California’s most dangerous inmates. In the event of an earthquake, [...]

From the desk of Chief Corwin: Kansas City area residents can enjoy a delicious breakfast delivered by a police officer and support Special Olympics Missouri at the same time with Saturday’s Tip-A-Cop event at metro Corner Café restaurants. More than 40 police officers will be at three Corner Café restaurants in Riverside, Kansas City North [...]

Joanna Penn interviewed Joe Giacalone about his work, his book, and what mystery writers get wrong about criminal investigations in their books. Enjoy, Vidster

He finally did it! Illinois Governor Pat Quinn abolished capital punishment in the state of Illinois! Quinn also commuted the sentences of all 15 inmates remaining on Illinois’ death row. They will now serve life in prison. From the Washington Post: “State lawmakers voted in January to abandon capital punishment, and Quinn spent two months [...]

What is that? The Sunday report? A new series? Heck no! I have enough on my plate right now so no new series unless you write them for me! Yesterday, I tried to upload a new post about Cold Cases online and guess what! Either I did something wrong (always a good possibility) or, WordPress [...]