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Social Justice

Weird and Terrible Kidnapping Hoaxes

Perpetrators tell of wanting money, wanting to get lost, and wanting to be found.

By Lauren Kirchner
A Georgia Department of Transportation sign alerts drivers to look for the vehicle of quadruple murder and kidnapping suspect Jerry William Jones on January 8th, 2003, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Social Justice

AMBER Alerts Largely Ineffective, Study Shows

The touted AMBER Alert system is so inherently flawed it amounts to little more than "crime-control theater," according to a new report by researchers at the University of Nevada–Reno.

By Tom Jacobs