If the presidential campaign debate were a reliable gauge of the nation's problems, the country would be practically free of crime. Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain is paying sufficient attention to criminal justice. In some ways, the issue may seem like a throwback to 1992, when murder rates were spiking nationwide. Yet it is worth recalling New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's warning just last year that Americans have a much greater chance of being killed by crime than by a terror strike. ...more

October 12, 2008

Kids get hurt all the time. Between the soccer matches, bicycle tumbles and wrestling mishaps, most children have an assortment of cuts and bruises. ...more

October 5, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law that allows the execution of people convicted of a raping a child. In a 5-4 vote, the court says the law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in cases of child rape violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. ...more

June 25, 2008

A man accused of raping his daughter and posting videos of the abuse online was arraigned Friday after returning to the United States from Hong Kong. ...more

October 20, 2007

A fugitive wanted in Tennessee on multiple counts of child rape and exploitation was captured Saturday near Matamoros, Mexico, and jailed in southern Texas. ...more

October 15, 2007