BY DIANE DIMOND Extreme factions of the Muslim religion want us dead — every American and everyone who embraces a religion different than theirs. We are infidels, heathens and heretics, and they believe it is their mission to wipe us off the face of the earth. I know it isn’t politically correct to publicly discuss […]
BY DIANE DIMOND “Make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this, and we will find out who did this and find out why they did this.” — President Barack Obama There will be no satisfying “why” at the end of the investigation into who placed bombs near the finish line of the […]
BY DIANE DIMOND We often hear people associated with the criminal justice system complain about how it works — or fails to work. Prosecutors, defense attorneys, police and social workers all cite specifics that they believe tip the scales of fairness. Very rarely — if ever — do we hear from a judge. The ethics […]
BY DIANE DIMOND I have sat in many courtrooms during my career and studiously watched the faces of jurors listening to evidence in cases ranging from murder and rape to assault and political corruption. I’ve strained to see if I could get a clue from them as to what their ultimate verdict might be. It […]
BY DIANE DIMOND “There are crimes very similar to this that occur every Friday night and every Saturday night in communities across this country … .” — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine Many of us watched with interest the rape case that recently played out in Steubenville, Ohio. The two defendants — Trent Mays, 17, […]
BY DIANE DIMOND If you follow the news, you’ve heard that violent crime rates are down all across the country. I know it is hard to believe after news of mass shootings in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., and the current murder spree in Chicago, but facts are facts. The instances of crime have been […]