About Crime / PunishmentCrime / PunishmentStudent Leader Was Kidnapped, Robbed, Shot- June 30, 2008 Court records released to the press last week shed new light on the shooting death of the popular student body president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel...http://crime.about.com/b/2008/06/30/student-leader-was-kidnapped-robbed-shot.htm Convicted Vermont Killer Seeks New Trial- June 30, 2008 A man convicted May 22 of the rape and murder of a University of Vermont student is already appealing his conviction and seeking a new trial on claims that...http://crime.about.com/b/2008/06/30/convicted-vermont-killer-seeks-new-trial.htm What's Your Opinion- June 28, 2008 In the Crime and Punishment Forum, we discuss all of the big cases making national headlines, but we also keep up with many other cases that you never see on...http://crime.about.com/b/2008/06/28/join-the-crime-punishment-discussion.htm Weekly Crime Poll: Death Penalty and Vigilante Justice- June 28, 2008 This week the United States Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional punishment for people convicted of raping children. The court ruled that death was a "disproportionate punishment"...http://crime.about.com/b/2008/06/28/vigilante.htm Widow's First Husband Was Killed Also- June 27, 2008 A 76-year-old woman who is in jail charged with the shooting death of her fourth husband is now being investigated in Florida for the death of her third husband...http://crime.about.com/b/2008/06/27/widows-first-husband-was-killed-also.htm Gun Deaths Increase Among Young Men- June 27, 2008 Between 1999 and 2005, homicide involving firearms increased 31 percent among black men ages 25 to 44 and 12 percent among white men 25 to 44 years of age....http://crime.about.com/b/2008/06/27/gun-deaths-increase-among-young-men.htm Supreme Court Upholds Right to Own Guns- June 26, 2008 For the first time since the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling on gun rights, voting 5-4 that Americans have a...http://crime.about.com/b/2008/06/26/supreme-court-upholds-right-to-own-guns.htm Court Nixes Death Penalty for Child Rape- June 26, 2008 In a 5-4 decision that has angered lawmakers in several states, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional punishment for people convicted of...http://crime.about.com/b/2008/06/26/court-nixes-death-penalty-for-child-rape.htm |