Diane Dimond: Death by Train 
My columns here are always different. Sometimes I’ll simply tell you a story. Sometimes I’ll share my opinions, praise or criticism, other times I’ll hold a mirror up to our society and ask you to form your own opinion. I hope the columns will give you something new to think about [...]
Dimond: A Crime and Justice Wish List for 2010
With the year-end celebrations mostly behind us, it’s time to look ahead. 2010 is just days away, and as I do every year, here’s my wish list for a year filled with better news on the crime and justice beat.
Dimond: Your Turn to Be Heard
It’s time again to give you a say on what you read in this space. Your recent letters have ranged from praise to rage — on crime and justice topics as diverse as prison reform, child molesters and crime statistics. Some of you dislike this column so much you can’t wait to read it every week just so you can write me with a complaint. I like that.
Dimond: Our Justice System and Ticking Time Bombs
Diane DimondAttention all parole boards. Attention all governors who may be contemplating year-end commutations of inmate sentences. Also, may I have the attention of all judges who routinely bang the gavel at bail hearings and allow dangerous career criminals back on our streets?
Dimond: What Punishment Fits This Crime?
So, the so-called 9-11 Gang of Five will go on trial in a federal court, as opposed to before a military commission. The bottom line question then has to be: Are you ready for the possibility that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any of his fellow collaborators might walk free on a sly defense attorney’s manipulation [...]
Dimond: Our Lost Children
What is going on with our children?
In one high school in Palo Alto, Calif., four teenagers, acting separately, killed themselves recently by stepping in front of a train.
Dimond: The Crime Clock and You
The official “Crime Clock” is counting down the odds that you or a family member or a friend will be touched by violent crime in the coming year. Think it can’t happen to you?
Dimond: How Crime Victims Become Crime Survivors
The woman who started Crime Survivors is Patricia Wenskunas, my hero.
She is a blonde dynamo, a catering event planner by trade and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and attempted murder. She speaks gently, but her message packs a wallop: Crime victims deserve consideration — at least as much consideration as the criminal gets.
