Jezebel: Crimes

Missouri Woman Wins Record $95 Million In Sexual Harassment Suit

Lane Moore — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:20:00 EDT

A jury in St. Louis, Missouri has decided to award former Aaron's Inc. employee, Ashley Alford, $95 million in compensation after she was sexually harassed by her supervisor. More »

Women-Only Train Service Launched In Jakarta

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:23:00 EDT

In efforts to fight sexual harassment, Indonesia has launched a new train service. The experimental ladies-only carriages have brightly colored pink seats and are staffed by women. Though some welcome the change, others say it's not really a solution.

Chelsea Mourning

Anna Holmes — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:10:00 EST

[Poway, California; March 2. Image via AP]

Marine Uses Craigslist To Arrange Assault Of Ex-Girlfriend

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST

"Need a real aggressive man with no concern for women," read an ad posted on Craigslist in early December. It included a photo of a woman from Wyoming. She did not post the ad. A week later, she was attacked. More »

Bush Coins Top Political Catchphrase • California Flasher Gets 10 Years In Prison

Katy Kelleher — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:40:00 EST

• Bush's "I can hear you" has been named the top political catchphrase of the decade, according to a company that apparently decides random shit like this. "Global warming" came in second, and "war on terror" was number three. More »

Trial By Fire

Anna Holmes — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:10:00 EDT

[The Hague, October 26. Image via Getty]

A Helping Hand

Anna Holmes — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:10:00 EDT

[Modiin, Israel; August 2. Image via Getty]

Amateur Sleuth Solves Murder, Lives Murder, She Wrote Dream

Sadie Stein — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:00:00 EDT

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DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. More »

Amsterdam Hosts Pole-Dancing Championship • Texas Judge Orders Woman Not To Procreate

Maria — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:20:00 EDT

• Amsterdam hosted a European pole dancing championship last Friday in hopes of showing that the activity is a physically-challenging sport for "regular" women. • Ugh: A study of 4-year-olds in Australia suggets that parents are unintentionally enforcing "body ideals" in their children along gender lines (e.g., girls need to exercise more to loose weight; boys need to eat more to gain muscle). • A study of college students reveals that celebrity-loving can boost people's self-esteem because they assign celebrity traits to themselves. • A 35-year-old woman had a stroke after sex due to a possible combination of birth control pills, a venous blood clot, sex, and a heart defect. • More »

Dude Doesn't Call Back, Woman Decides To Brand Him

Jessica G. — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:40:00 EDT

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Law and Order scribes, sharpen your pencils, 'cause we have a story for you: When a one-night-stand failed to call her again, Kristina Caban decided to lure him, years later, to a cheap motel room so she and her boyfriend could tie him down and brand his flesh with the letter "R." Samir "Sammy" Sara was enticed to a Chelsea hotel room by Caban with the promise of some midday nookie, the Associated Press reports, instead, Sara was met by Caban's boyfriend, Robert Testagrossa, and another as-yet-at-large thug, who tasered him, held him down and branded him with a heated metal wire in the shape of an R. Caban plead guilty and was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison. Testagrossa also got five years. The New York State Supreme Court Justice who sentenced Testagrossa and Caban called the crime "not remotely justifiable." More »