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Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo

Human Rights Organization, Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, fight to find their grandchildren who were kidnapped by Argentina’s Authoritarian government in the 1970s.

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Gangsters in a patrol wagon, New York, USA, mid 1930s. Hiding their faces from the camera as they are on their way to the office of Special Prosecutor Thomas E Dewey. Dewey (1902-1971) was appointed Special Prosecutor to lead the fight against crime and corruption in New York. He later went on to serve as Governor of the state of New York (1943-1954) and was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for the US Presidency in 1944 and 1948. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Crime in the Great Depression

Organized Crime in the Prohibition Era The passage of the 18th Amendment and the introduction of Prohibition in 1920 fueled the rise of organized crime, with gangsters growing rich on profits from bootleg liquor—often aided by corrupt local policemen and politicians. According to the FBI, Chicago alone had an estimated 1,300 gangs by the mid-1920s, […]

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Kitty Genovese.

Kitty Genovese

KITTY GENOVESE MURDER Kitty Genovese was returning from work home at around 2:30 a.m. on March 13, 1964, when she was approached by a man with a knife. Genovese ran toward her apartment building front door, and the man grabbed her and stabbed her while she screamed. A neighbor, Robert Mozer, yelled out his window, […]

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Tower of London

The White Tower Initial construction of the “White Tower,” the oldest structure in the Tower of London complex, started in 1078 and was completed in 1100, during the rule of King William II. It was designed and built by Gundulf of Rochester, a Norman bishop who has been credited with overseeing the construction of a […]

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What Type of Criminal Are You? 19th-Century Doctors Claimed to Know by Your Face

The now-debunked “born criminal” theory was highly influential in criminology circles.

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Violence in Congress Before the Civil War: From Canings and Stabbings to Murder

19th century congressman went to work carrying pistols and bowie knives—and sometimes used them on colleagues.

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The Insane 1930s Graft Investigation That Took Down New York’s Mayor—and Then Tammany Hall

When FDR found out how beholden New York politicians were to mobsters, he ordered the Seabury commission to investigate.

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When a Mob Boss Out for a Steak Dinner Was Murdered in Cold Blood

Gambino family crime boss Frank Cali’s murder is the first Mafia don assassination in New York City since John Gotti had “Big Paul” Castellano killed in 1985.

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Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo

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Martha Stewart indicted for securities fraud and obstruction of justice

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2014

‘El Chapo,’ the world’s most-wanted drug kingpin, is captured in Mexico

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2013

Gunman kills 12 in D.C. Navy Yard massacre

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2012

Sandy Hook school shooting

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2013

Three people killed, hundreds injured in Boston Marathon bombing

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2012

Aurora shooting leaves 12 dead, 70 wounded

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