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German Propaganda Among Negroes

Chapter XXIV …From E.J. Scott’s The American Negro in the World War Insidious Efforts to Create Dissatisfaction Among Colored Americans—Germany’s Treacherous Promises—How the Hun Tried to Undermine the Loyalty of Our Negro Citizens—Steps Taken to Combat Enemy Propaganda—Work of the Committee on Public Information. Many were the methods resorted to by Germany and her allies […]

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Horrorible Review: “Little Shoes” — Chick Flicking Reviews

Enjoy this Monday with Mildred! Little Shoes I had to think about this book for a while before reviewing it. I’ve long been a fan of true crime, especially those famous crimes from before forensic science was even a glimmer in someone’s eye. I enjoy reading about the nuts and bolts of police “investigations” that […] […]

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How evidence once thought destroyed helped free a man after 39 years behind bars for murder he didn’t commit — Wrongful Convictions Blog

Tunnel vision convicts and open-mindedness exonerates 39 years later… #BlindInjusticeChapter7BlindTunnelVision Craig Coley has maintained his innocence for 39 years and is now a free man. Coley was 31 and a restaurant night manager in 1978 when he was arrested for the rape and murder of Rhonda Wicht and the murder of her son Donald. After […]

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this day in crime history: november 26, 1933 — Nobody Move!

On this date in 1933, the people of San Jose, CA decided to take the law into their own hands. Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes were being held in connection with the kidnapping and murder of 22 year old department store heir Brooke Hart. The townsfolk, already enraged by the nature of the crime, whipped […] […]

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Widely used police interrogation technique can result in false confession: Disclosure

CBC News Posted: Jan 28, 2003 10:46 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 28, 2003 10:46 AM ET Interrogation tactics used by some Canadian police are being criticized after a report by CBC Television’s investigative program, Disclosure, showed that Regina police and the RCMP led three suspects to falsely confess to a grisly murder. Videotapes obtained […]