My girlfriend is being stalked by a fugitive, what can I do to try and keep her safe, and where can I turn for help. [more inside]
posted by digividal on Nov 1, 2009 - 77 answers

Why do urban black males wear all-black when committing criminal/violent acts? Is this just a stereotype? [more inside]
posted by the NATURAL on Mar 23, 2009 - 34 answers

Can you libel someone in fiction if you don't use their name? If I were to write a story based on a real murder, in which anyone from my home town would instantly recognize the source, can an acquitted murderer sue me? [more inside]
posted by Bookhouse on Jul 27, 2006 - 18 answers

Why do people who are fighting for abortion to be made completely illegal never ever talk about what punishment the woman should get? If it's murder, why isn't the woman who gets prosecuted? Why just doctors? How does that make any sense, if it's really murder? Isn't the woman a criminal too in their eyes? [more inside]
posted by amberglow on Mar 8, 2006 - 68 answers

How credible are the claims of Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia having hired paramilitaries to kill union leader Isidro Gil?
posted by Count Ziggurat on Feb 27, 2006 - 17 answers