| Adam Mayes, the Mississippi fugitive accused of kidnapping and double-homicide, died Thursday night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The two young girls he abducted are alive and safe, according to the Union County Sheriff's Department. BLOG POSTS  | Marc Mauer: "Prison Break" Lemonade
For far too long, our approach to developing public policy on issues of crime and punishment has been overly framed by sensationalist imagery. |  | Sandra A. Grossman, Esq.: Reward for the Oppressor -- Injustice for the Oppressed?
Resolving the situation of deserving asylum applicants will strengthen the powerful message that our government stands with victims of persecution and that we are a safe haven for those who cannot find justice in their own countries. |  | Amy Reading: Why I'm Glad I Was Swindled
The con that ensnared me was a mundane one, which made it all the more undetectable. It wasn't an ungrammatical email promising fantastic riches, but a perfectly ordinary financial transaction with two very nice people. |  | Soraya Chemaly: Worldwide, It's "More Dangerous to Be a Woman Than a Soldier in Modern Wars"
Rape, invisible and ubiquitous, is perceived as sexual and inevitable, and we tend to think of children and women as collaterally damaged during war. In truth, all over the world, girls and women are fully, bodily engaged in conflict. |  | Nathan Greenberg: The Difference Between Prophet and Madman
As the world watches a man attempt to sacrifice his son in response to quiet voice in his head, it should give us pause for other such moments in history carried out by men we now deem holy. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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