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by Diane on July 20, 2008

Diane in AbuquerqueWelcome to home base for my weekly crime and justice newspaper column. I’ve also begun an association with The Huffington Post where you can become a Dimond fan, leave a comment or start some buzz about my work.

My column first began appearing in the Albuquerque Journal - the hometown newspaper I grew up reading. You can find an archive here of all my past Crime and Justice columns as well as lots of other Diane Dimond projects – including my TV, radio and voiceover work.

This site is designed to help you think objectively about what you read, see and hear in the media especially about issues of crime and justice. I am a veteran of the journalism business - from radio to television to print. You can read all about my background here. My creed: always keep an open mind and don’t swallow the spinmeister’s message!

My columns here are varied. Sometimes I’ll simply tell you a story. Sometimes I’ll share my opinions, praise and criticism. I hope the columns will give you something new to think about each time you visit.

It’s a complicated world out there, full of situations of good versus evil, right versus wrong. My job is point them out.

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Tune in to CNN Headline News Monday night at 8PM EST…

by Diane on July 24, 2008

I’ll be hosting Nancy Grace on Monday, July 28th at 8:00pm Eastern Time. For details, keep your eyes peeled right here at DianeDimond.Net.

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When parents go to prison children are punished too

by Diane on July 19, 2008

When I was a rookie TV reporter covering crime I got the chance to go on an early morning drug raid with the Newark, New Jersey Police Department.

We met at a station house in downtown Newark at 3 in the morning, all sleepy eyed, coffee in hand, but ready for the pre-raid briefing. Naturally, I had brought along a camera crew.

We filmed the squad room briefing, the crew filmed me being outfitted in a bullet proof vest (the crew got vests too) and then we captured the scene as we set off in a slow, quiet convoy of police cars toward the intended target’s home. [click to continue...]

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Rest in peace, Patsy

by Diane on July 12, 2008

The media, not charged, but guilty in Ramsey case …

Patsy Ramsey is looking down from the heavens she always prayed to with her trademark beauty pageant smile. Standing next to her is her beautiful daughter, Jon Benet Ramsey. They are benevolent but still wagging a finger of “I-told-you-so” at all of us.

The letter of exoneration was stunning in what it revealed – a new form of forensic testing found two distinct spots of male DNA on the clothing Jon Benet was wearing when she was killed. And that DNA matches the sample taken from her underwear back in 1997. In other words, the killer left three separate spots of evidence to help track him down. None of the DNA matches any member of the Ramsey family. [click to continue...]

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Switching sides on the death penalty

by Diane on July 5, 2008

There is an inner voice in my head that can’t stop screaming!

I’ve heard it since last week when the United States Supreme Court declared the rape of a child under the age of 12 should not – cannot – be punished by death. That, a majority of the court ruled, is not a “proportional punishment.”

The case before the court came from Louisiana, representing the only two men in the entire country who faced death for what they did to small children. One repeatedly raped a five year old. The other attacked his own 8 year old daughter so viciously she required surgery. The court concluded their actions did not rise to the level of crimes that deserve death, namely crimes against the state (like treason) or murder.

Part of my logical brain wants to scream into the faces of the Supreme Court Justices to come to their collective senses, the other part of my brain reminds me I am against the death penalty. [click to continue...]

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