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Cross Kill - Review
CROSS KILL Long Live Soneji! With the bad guys seemingly dead, you think you can relax. You think your home is safe. The veteran crime writer is back with his trusty partner Alex Cross; the pathetic fallacy at the very beginning of the book gives a foreboding sense of something bad about to happen. We aren’t wrong. That late winter storm in Washington DC, with Patterson, expect a tragedy.
By Rebecca Smith6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: What Can be Done About Gervonta Davis' Behavior Outside of the Ring?
No individual should grab or strike another person or violate him or her in any way that the law can deem criminal. Featherweight champion Gervonta Davis’ case seems to be one of the most public, blatant acts of the start of force against someone else. That individual just happens to be his baby’s mother, Andretta Smothers. As the boxer received the steel bracelets after reporting to the authorities, he faces charges of simple battery and domestic violence. So, from where does all of this aggression and rage stem? Is it a culture within the boxing realm that promotes and amplifies not just violence in the square ring but without the sports arena?
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Should a Convicted Felon be Set Free because of Gender Reassignment?
While Iowa becomes further mired in the caucus quagmire, another inflammatory story has arrived from the Hawkeye State. A transgender “woman” is set to be released from prison on the basis that “she” has “served ‘her’ time.” With his lower testosterone, it is expected that Joseph “Josie” Smith will never harm another underage individual again. Okay. Never mind chromosomes, anatomical makeup, and changes in appearance. These are all important, but they must be dealt with after the idea of a human being with a record for molesting some of the most vulnerable people in society is being set free based on conjecture and hopes and wishes.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Can Eliminating the Minimum Wage Stop Robbers Who Wear Blackface?
Talk about that old chestnut of adding insult to injury. A white man in blackface robbed a Maryland bank on Friday, January 31, 2020. He is still at large. At this PNC Bank location, witnesses including a camera right behind the teller depict the man as wearing face paint to not only conceal his identity but make a last ditch effort trying to pin the crime on a person of color.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Mafia Madness
Sounds of birds chirping, leaves rustling in the wind and distant water rushing surrounded Tyler as he walked his daily route to his favorite place: The bridge. He always went there with his dad when he was a kid, he found it peaceful and calming there. The smell of fresh, crisp air and the color green enclosed him happily inside the earthy woodland. As Tyler got closer to the bridge, down below another story was playing out: Josh and his men were making a deal with another gang.
By Alex Bornert6 years ago in Criminal
My Enigmatic Memoirs
It was Saturday, which meant only one thing; soccer. Lacing up the cleats for another day of coaching my proud, eight year old warriors. Shane wasn’t interested in soccer. He wasn’t interested in any sports. He was however, passionate about picking dandelions on the soccer field, a trait he inherited from me. I was coaching for one simple reason . . . I didn’t want some frustrated, under achieving, former jock, screaming at my son because he really didn’t give a shit. Shane and I preferred the flowers, well, more precisely, the pretty yellow weeds.
By Steven W Meistrich6 years ago in Criminal
Fraud Prevention and Detection in the Banking Industry - Facts, Statistics, and Real Use-Cases
Technologies that were originally designed to make our lives more comfortable are developing, and fraudsters do not get tired of looking for new online loopholes to gain access to other people's assets. This is like running in a circle - in response to new security systems, attackers create new ways to trick them.
By Helen Kovalenko6 years ago in Criminal
Bail Bonds: Expectations vs. Reality
Everyone thinks a bail bond is used for a criminal; someone put in jail for wrongly committing a severe crime. But that's where you are wrong. There are various ways a man can be placed in jail; in fact, even smaller innocent crimes that seem like nothing can cause someone to be put in jail.
By Sarah Rodgers6 years ago in Criminal
