Diane Dimond

America's Crisis of Faith

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Loss of Trust in Banking Institutions, Diane Dimond, Greensboro North Carolina, Loss of Trust and Faith in Government, John Edwards Criminal Trial, The National Journal, Government Waste Fraud and Abuse, Public School Failures, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, ?America?S Crisis of Faith?, ?in Nothing We Trust?, Crime News

"With liberty and justice for all..." are the last six words of our Pledge of Allegiance. I'm just sappy enough to still hold on to that sentiment as...

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Death by Bactine?

Diane Dimond | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Lidocaine Poisoning Death, Diane Dimond, Baltimore Murder Investigation, Baltimore Police Detectives, Dr. Michael Baden, Dan and Mary Jane McCann, ?Answers to Murder That Don?T Add Up?, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, Darnell Kinlaw, Darnell Kinlaw?S Police Record in Auto Theft, Dr. Keith Ablow, Ingesting Bactine, P.I. Jimmy Kontsis, Annie McCann, ?Death by Bactine??, Bactine, Crime News

Can you commit suicide by drinking 1/2 a bottle of Bactine? Prominent medical experts say no way. But Baltimore Police insist that is what caused the death of 16-year-old Annie McCann. Who isn't looking at reality here? Annie's parents or the PD?

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Your Tax Dollars Circling the Drain

Diane Dimond | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Diane Dimond?S Crime and Justice Column, Inspector General?S Report on GSA, Diane Dimond, General Services Administration, GSA?S Martha Johnson Resigns, GSA?S Vegas Boondoggle, GSA?S Western Regional Conference, ?Your Tax Dollars Circling the Drain?, M Resort Spa Casino, The 822 Thousand Dollar Government Conference, Politics News

With the scandal at the GSA seeming to grow larger every day -- a question: Is it time to start filing criminal charges against civil servants who was...

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Racism in the Heartland

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Diane Dimond, Burleigh County State?S Attorney, Jesse Kleinsasser, Ella Davis-Bowen, Civil Rights in North Dakota, ?Racism in the Heartland?, Burleigh County State?S Attorney Richard Riha, Gary Bowen, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, Jason Hammes, Mandan North Dakota School District, Equal Rights, Bismarck City Attorney Paul Fraaze, Crime News

It's time for North Dakota -- and the handful of other states without meaningful anti-discrimination laws -- to pass legislation with teeth in it to protect the constitutional rights of every American citizen.

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The Priest and the Police

Diane Dimond | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: East Haven Connecticut, Diane Dimond, Federal Investigation of Police Departments, Angel Fernandez-Chavero, North Haven Connecticut, Bias Policing, St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, Hispanic Bias From Police, Sargent Robert Manship, Police Officer David Cari, Father James Manship, ?the Priest vs. The Police?, Crime News

In a day when the words "Catholic" and "priest" often conjure up negative thoughts I want to tell you a story about a man who saw injustice and took on an entire police department to try to set things right. He would be the first to tell you he didn't do it alone.

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Buy Stolen Goods -- Legally!

Diane Dimond | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Stolen Property Auctions, PropertyRoom.Com, Diane Dimond, Police Property Room, John Lang, P.J. Bellomo CEO of PropertyRoom.Com, Long Beach New York, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, On-Line Auction of Confiscated Goods, ?the Police Property Room?, Police Auction Off Confiscated Goods, Crime News

What if I told you there's a place to get great bargains for you and lots of money back to your local police department? Sound too good to be true? It is not!

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Is There a Serial Killer Near You?

Diane Dimond | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Diane Dimond, America's Serial Killers-How Many?, Gary Leon Ridgway the Green River Killer, Ted Bundy Serial Killer, Highway Serial Killings Initiative, Serial Killers, Dr. Maurice Godwin, Serial Killer Hunter John Douglas, Dennis Rader the BTK Killer, John Wayne Gacy The "Killing Clown", Jeffrey Dahmer Serial Killer and Cannibal, Andrew Cunanan, FBI Agent John Douglas, Diane Dimond's Weekly Crime and Justice Column, How Many Active Serial Killers in America?, Orange County Serial Killer, Long Island Serial Killer, Crime News

No one can say how many active serial killers are operating in America today. Why don't we know? And what can we do to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe?

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Government Bullies Need Reining in

Diane Dimond | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Diane Dimond, The Wildlife WayStation, Kira Reed Lorsch, Robert Lorsch, Topanga Canyon, California Animal Sanctuary, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, United States Department of Agriculture, Government Lawyers Who Bully Private Citizens, Crime News

Government lawyers who act as bullies do more than waste taxpayer's money -- they erode citizens respect for the institution. A nearly unbelievable case in point...

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A New Year's Wish List for Better Justice

Diane Dimond | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Diane Dimond, Crime and Justice in 2012, Diane Dimond's Weekly Crime and Justice Column, A New Year Wish List, Crime News

What's your hope for the New Year? Help for our returning veterans, cops and sexual abuse victims top my list. Oh, yeah -- and more effective politicians!

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Layaway Angels

Diane Dimond | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Associated Press? Layaway Santas Map, Diane Dimond, Edna Deppe of Indianapolis, Paying Off Layaways for Strangers, Spreading the Christmas Spirit, Good Samaritian, Lori Stearnes of Omaha, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, Layaway Angels, Holidays, Kmart Layaway, Layaway, Christmas, Impact News

Across the country a small army of Americans have been quietly helping the less fortunate feel the true meaning of Christmas. These soldiers arrive without being asked and give even though no one makes a request.

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Jerry Sandusky's Next Move

Diane Dimond | Posted 01.15.2012

Come on, Jerry Sandusky -- do the right thing. Admit what you've done over all these years and spare your victims gut-wrenching trials. Let's put the focus where it belongs now -- on the victims.

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Inspired Justice in a World of Tight Budgets

Diane Dimond | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Sex Crimes Senior Prosecutor Patricia Gunning, DiDi D?Errico, Diane Dimond, Spirit of Rockland Special Victims Unit, Joint Trades Council of Rockland New York, Sister Fran Gorsuch of Bon Secours Charity, District Attorney Tom Zugibe, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, New York, Lily the Therapy Dog, Detective Lt. Mary Murphy, Chief of Detectives Peter Modaferi, Good Samaritan Hospital Suffern, ?Inspired Justice in a World of Tight Budgets?, DiDi?S Art Angels, Rockland County New York, Impact News

A Golden Retriever named Lily patiently sits at the glass entryway of a red brick building tucked behind Good Samaritan Hospital in Rockland County, New York.

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Be Furious Over Operation Fast and Furious

Diane Dimond | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Diane Dimond, 200 Mexican Deaths Linked to Operation Fast and Furious, Brian Terry, Attorney General Eric Holder, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, AK-47's, US Customs and Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, Josephine Terry Testimony to Congress, Operation Fast and Furious, Acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson, ATF Operation Fast & Furious, Bureau of Alcohol, Lost Guns, Firearms & Explosives, Fast and Furious, Tobacco, Congressional Review of Operation Fast and Furious, ?Be Furious With Operation Fast & Furious?, Crime News

Our Justice Department refuses to reveal the creator or cost of Operation Fast & Furious. Why?

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Using Your Camera Can Get You Arrested

Diane Dimond | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Diane Dimond, ?Using Your Camera Can Get You Arrested?, Take a Photo Get Arrested?, Indianapolis City-County Building, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, NASA Employee Walter Miller, Photography in Public Places, Taking a Photo Can Get You Arrested, Francisco Olvera Arrested, Bogdan Mohor, Nancy Genovese Arrest, Nancy Genovese, Crime News

It's happened across America -- citizens arrested for taking a photograph by overzealous law enforcement. When can you be arrested and when can you argue?

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Laws to Catch Up With Science

Diane Dimond | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Sperm Donors Concerns, Lack of Laws on Artificial Insemination, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Column on Crime and Justice, Diane Dimond, Artificial Insemination, Who Donates Sperm and Why?, Sperm Donors Rights, Sperm Banks, Debora Spar Author Of ?the Baby Business?, IVF Babies and Their Rights, Donor Fathers, Politics News

Fooling with Mother Nature rarely works. Children born of sperm donors are realizing they may have dozens of siblings they'll never know. Donors are ...

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Babies Need Never Be Abandoned

Diane Dimond | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Pinkberry Yogurt, Babies Need Never Be Abandoned, Target, Hendersonville North Carolina, Diane Dimond, Old Navy, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Safe Haven Locations for Newborns, McDonald's, Stacy Sussman, Gap, J. C. Penney, Safe Haven Laws, Sears, Impact News

Babies continue to be abandoned & die -- needlessly. There are Safe Haven locations in all 50 states! We need to educate teen moms about them. This is a challenge to corporations to help. And to you.

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Perjury Should Be Punished -- Always

Diane Dimond | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: John Camperlengo of Gentiva, Diane Dimond, Andy Pettitte, Laura Pettitte, Cindy Anthony, Roger Clemens, Lying to Congress, Caylee Anthony, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, The Mitchell Report on Baseball, Lying Under Oath, Senator George Mitchell, Clemens Perjury Trial Declared Mistrial, Brian McNamee, ?Perjury Should Be Punished ? Always?, Perjury, Casey Anthony, Crime News

Let's talk about perjury -- a person taking an oath to tell the truth and then lying through their teeth. Perjury is illegal and one can be both fined...

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Why We Dislike Lawyers

Diane Dimond | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Diane Dimond, Code of Behavior for Lawyers, Cheney Mason, Jose Baez, Defense Attorneys Code of Behavior, Caylee Anthony, Casey Anthony, Diane Dimond's Weekly Crime and Justice Column, Why We Dislike Lawyers, Roy Kronk, Defense Attornies, Politics News

From covering the Casey Anthony trial, I've found that a basic reason why we think the way we do about lawyers is that they often destroy innocent people in the name of defending their clients.

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We Need a New Drug Policy

Diane Dimond | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Diane Dimond?S Crime and Justice Column, Raids on Medicinal Marijuana Raids, George Shultz, Diane Dimond, Paul Volker, Richard Nixon, President Richard Nixon?S War on Drugs, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Kofi Annan, UN?S Report on Failed Global War on Drugs, Leap, President Barak Obama?S Drug Policy, Failure of the War on Drugs, Politics News

The day of total drug legalization will come -- just as it did with alcohol. The question is: how many more multiple billions of dollars will we spend before we finally see it's the logical way to go?

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Thank You, Dr. Kevorkian

Diane Dimond | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Nickname Dr. Death, Royal Oak Michigan, Dr. Kevorkian?, Diane Dimond, Dr. Death, Assisted Suicide, ?Thank You Dr. Kevorkian", Jack Kevorkian, Albuquerque New Mexico, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, Kevorkian Obit, Kevorikian Started a National Dialogue on Death, Politics News

My family didn't always have deep discussions but we talked openly about death -- thanks to Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

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Immigration Reform -- Move Over Congress!

Diane Dimond | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Diane Dimond, President Obama Promised Immigration Reform, New Mexico, DREAM Act, South Carolina, E-Verify, Supreme Court Rules on Arizona?S Law, The Legal Arizona Workers Act, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, Mississippi, Lawa, Arizona?S Immigration Law. Forrest Gump, Arizona SB1070, California, Alamama, Politics News

The Supreme Court has given its seal of approval to one of Arizona's much maligned immigration laws. Is Congress even relevant on this issue anymore? ...

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False Prophets and Their Profits

Diane Dimond | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: ?False Phrophets and Their Profits?, Diane Dimond, Robert Tilton, Harold Camping, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Column, Campings False Past Predictions, Jim and Tammy Faye Baker, Rapture, Oral Roberts, Campings Armageddon Prediction, Family Radio, Robert Fitspatrick of New York, Dommsday Predictions, Jimmy Swaggart, Adrienne Martinez of Orlando Florida, Contra Costa Times, Religious Hucksters, Juliannemccrery, Media News

Harold Camping was quoted as saying he's "flabbergasted and stunned" that he and his followers are still on this earth. He has re-calculated and now says the Rapture has been re-scheduled for October 21.

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Professional Jurors: Has the Time Come?

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Serving on Jury Duty Can Change Your Life, Diane Dimond, What Jurors Go Through, Juror Stressors, Plight of Jurors, Professional Jurors, Diane Dimond?S Weekly Crime and Justice Column, Profession Jurors, ?Time for Professional Jurors??, Politics News

During trial jurors are not allowed to pass a note to the judge or raise their hands to ask a question if they don't understand something. And, let's admit, for most of us much of what lawyers say in court is mumbo jumbo.

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Our Bloated National Sex Registry

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Adjusting How We Think About Sex Abusers, Diane Dimond, New Laws on Sex Offenders, Ms. Foundation, Serial Pedophiles' Punishment, Sex Abusers, Sex Offenders, Our Bloated National Sex Registry, Diane Dimond's Weekly Crime and Justice Column, Sex Offender's Registry Needs Changes. Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, National Sex Offender Registry, A.T.S.a's, Politics News

I propose we forget the one-size-fits-all category of "sex offender." Let's give those who have gone on to live law abiding lives for a set number of years the hope -- the goal -- of getting their names expunged.

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How to Find a Missing Child -- Start at the IRS

Diane Dimond | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Polly Klass Foundation, Diane Dimond, Cindy Rudometkin, Internal Revenue Service, Parental Kidnapings, Parental Abductions, Politics News

For the parent left behind after a former spouse has kidnapped their child there is the agony of not knowing when -- or if -- they will ever see their baby again.

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