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Crippen Pardon-Seekers The Mail reports (with photos) on the latest effort to clear the name of Harvey Crippen, though judging by the comments, the effort is met with much scorn. Count me among the naysayers: I still say he was...Crippen Pardon-Seekers The Mail reports (with photos) on the latest...

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Character Driven When a true crime author detests the subjects of his book too much, the result can be fractured, and the author fails to deliver a full or interesting narrative of them. Or so says journalist Nick Keppler, editor...Character Driven When a true crime author detests the subjects of...

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Madoff, Walking Free? The continued if limited freedom enjoyed by Bernard Madoff of the Madoff Ponzi scheme, shaping up with crime-of-the-century proportions, continues to astound me. Around here, if you're busted making off with as little as a measly $1...Madoff, Walking Free? The continued if...

Retired Lawyer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Massive Art Theft

  The Boston Globe reported today that a retired criminal defense lawyer, Robert M. Mardirosian, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for “possessing six Impressionist paintings that he knew were stolen in 1978 from a house in the Berkshires in what is believed to be the...