Cracking Open- June 1, 2008 ON HIS 18TH DAY OF FREEDOM, Michael Short awakened before dawn. In prison, corrections officers had paced the halls at night, jingling keys and shining flashlights. Now Mike slept fitfully, even in a king-size bed.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/301486111/AR2008052... WEEK IN REVIEW- June 1, 2008 A key figure in the D.C. tax scandal pleaded guilty to two felony charges, admitting that he funneled millions of dollars in illegal property tax refunds through his plumbing company and used the money to build an ocean-view home in the Virgin Islands, buy a Bentley and purchase Washington Wizards...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/303877978/AR2008053... Va. to Rent Out Prison Beds Even as Inmates Wait for Space- June 1, 2008 RICHMOND -- Virginia's cash-strapped government plans to rent 1,000 prison beds to other states to raise millions of dollars while it leaves hundreds of its own inmates in crowded local jails waiting to be moved.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/303877977/AR2008053... |