True Crime & Justice
Articles on crime telling real life crime stories including individual cases of violence and murder, historical true crime, the dark worlds of serial killers and their psychology and the stories of some of the most heinous crimes and criminals from around the world.
William Heirens: The 1946 Lipstick Killer
Was William Heirens innocent? His confession to three murders as the Lipstick Killer in 1946 at just 17 years old...
The Port Arthur Massacre: Australia’s Worst Mass Shooting
The 1996 Port Arthur massacre remains one of the most deadly mass shootings in the world carried out by one...
Edward Lee Elmore: Free After 29 Years On Death Row
Edward Lee Elmore served 29 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. In 2012, after 11’000...
Richard Leob and Nathan Leopold: A Passionate 1924 Plea for Mercy
In 1924 Leopold and Loeb were tried for murder with a passionate twelve hour plea for mercy by their defence...
Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman Hanged At Holloway Prison
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged at London’s Holloway Prison in 1955 influencing the final abolishment of...
Reoffending Rates And Why Prisons Are Failing
If the aims of prisons are to punish, deter and rehabilitate in order to reduce reoffending rates, they are not...
Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences: Are They Justified?
When a juvenile life without parole sentence is given, there is no reform, no rehabilitation and no chance of release....
Does Our Modern Prison System Work?
An assumption that the simple imprisonment of an individual away from their community will automatically produce a level of reform...
