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Crime and Punishment

Forensics in 1800 Paris

By Catherine Delors
The investigation into the Rue Nicaise bombing attack, which is the topic of FOR THE KING, is considered the first modern police investigation. As I researched it in great detail, I was struck by the modernity of the investigators’ thinking.
For instance, their first reflex was to look for the license plate of [...]

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Al Capone never shut up

By Jonathan Eig
For a criminal, this was probably not such a good thing. But for me, as a Capone biographer, it was wonderful. It seemed that every time a reporter phoned or knocked at his door, Capone pulled up a chair and settled in for a chat. Sometimes he talked about his family, sometimes about [...]

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