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Robert Graysmith’s Zodiac obsession
When watching a serial-killer movie, I always suspect the person investigating the case is the culprit. Doing time: Fincher kills it without frills in Zodiac. By Peter Keough
By PETER KEOUGH | February 28, 2007

Sluggish response to suicide

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An eyewitness to the suicide of Ryan Rideout, a 25-year-old, severely mentally ill Augusta man who hanged himself with his bedding in his Maine State Prison Supermax cell on October 5, calls into question the official version of events.
By LANCE TAPLEY | January 03, 2007

Lady Jane

Helen Mirren’s last bow as Detective Tennison
When Detective Jane Tennison made her 1992 debut on PBS’s Mystery! , she wasn’t the first female cop on television to stare down murderers.
By JUSTINE ELIAS | November 07, 2006

The trials of Bernard Baran

Twenty years ago, a young gay man was convicted of multiple counts of molestation. There is good reason to believe he is innocent.
This story originally appeared in the June 18, 2004 issue of the Boston Phoenix .
By DORI BERMAN, CARRIE LOCK, RICHARD RAINEY, AND LINDSAY TAUB | July 12, 2006

Weld’s college try

An obscure school in Kentucky may cost Bill Weld an election — and maybe more
Bill Weld has hit rocky shoals in his attempt to become the first person since Sam Houston to get elected governor of two states.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN AND HARVEY SILVERGLATE | February 18, 2006

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