Crime and Punishment Gentleman who poisoned wife sentenced to 60 days in jail, to be served on weekends Mark Frauenfelder

Business Camp Fire: PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for negligence in California’s worst wildfire Xeni Jardin

bookstores An anarchist community bookstore had the best response to getting robbed Thom Dunn

bitcoin Drug dealer lost his bitcoin PIN codes… and $60 million David Pescovitz

police A new study further confirms that most crime TV shows are good PR for cops Thom Dunn

corruption The corrupt Brazilian prosecutors who locked up Lula now want to release him, to make him less sympathetic Cory Doctorow

Business The DoJ's corporate "diversion" program is supposed to change bad corporate culture, but really, it enables repeat offenders Cory Doctorow

crime A 79-year-old woman is going to jail for feeding stray cats Mark Frauenfelder

mistakes Listen to an author realize her forthcoming book contains a terrible mistake Rob Beschizza

books Unseen sequel to Anthony Burgess's "A Clockwork Orange" found in his archives David Pescovitz

uk The Chinafication of the internet continues as the UK proposes blocking any service that hosts "illegal" or "harmful" material Cory Doctorow

Business Wells Fargo is looking for a new CEO Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Kickstarting a gorgeous slipcased edition of Crime & Punishment, illustrated by Dave McKean Cory Doctorow

trumpism Air Force veteran Reality Winner is serving 5 years for blowing the whistle on Russian election interference, while Trump's Russia-dealing cronies are going free Cory Doctorow

News Trump ex-attorney Michael Cohen sentenced: 3 years prison, $500,000 forfeiture, $1.4 million restitution, $50,000 fine Xeni Jardin

politics Mueller says Manafort violated his plea deal by lying to investigators Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Taiwan's legal crowdsourcing tool is working surprisingly well to resolve thorny legislative problems Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Excellent advice for new law students Cory Doctorow