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By Kent Scheidegger et al.

ipods to blame for crime? News reporter Scott Gutierrez, from seatlepi.com, sat in on a panel discussion Tuesday sponsored by Urban Institute. Crime researchers are exploring the correlation between ipods and the increase in crime over the past few years. In New York City, ipod and cell phone thefts raised felonies committed on subways. In a similar trend last year, Gutierrez reported teens were responsible for approximately 20 ipod muggings in West Seattle. DP Commission in Maryland?. Still struggling with legislation to repeal the death penalty, Governor Martin O?Malley is voicing support for an alternative to the delay. Washington Post?s staff writer John Wagner reports that Senator Jamie B. Raskin has a bill to establish a high-profile commission to study the issue and provide a ?candid assessment? of the merits of the death penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on March 07, 2008 (boomark / email).