The Crime: I wasted the weekend. I had the plans. I had packed the gear. I even had the weather on my side and although it wasn't perfectly crisp and clear like it had been ... that I regretted almost immediately. It's easy to do with the mountains on your doorstep and that is unforgivable. The Punishment: My running program has been slowly gaining momentum and I thought I should try ...

... (racism is alive and thriving in Zimbabwe) but it is going to take and extraordinary brave judge to call a not guilty verdict. I was discussing with Lucy a while back the concept of punishment and how one has to be pragmatic in Africa. Our Dear Leader has substantial blood on his hands, the like of which would have had Slobodan Milosovic impressed (Google Gukuruhundi massacres). It would be ...

... from this week's top crime stories. Find out what others are saying about these cases in the Crime & Punishment Forum and add your comments and opinions. 13 Killed, 30 Wounded at Foot Hood ... officials under fire. Photo of Nidal Malik Hasan: U.S. ArmyThis Week's Top Crime Stories originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at 00:01:02.

... t.v. My friend also told me: i am too lazy to read your blog, and too selfish. if you would only write more favorably about me then you would have one more reader than you currently do, etc. He is reading Dostoievski's "Crime and Punishment." What can I tell you about a fellow like that? Go figure.

... This introductory post included this summary of the book: We have too much crime and vastly too many people behind bars.  Is it possible to have less of both?  Yes, if the criminal justice system ... ten years from now as we have today. Here are links to the posts by Kleiman so far over: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment Positive feedback and strategic enforcement Benefits ...

... people who end up committing the crime anyways. I like to think of the benefits of a law being a smooth function of the harshness of the punishment. Somewhere in the middle of that function, there exists ... they get committed to a psychiatric institution, which is just a different kind of "punishment" altogether. Now, I know very little about law, but the rationale seems obvious to me. ...