HomeBlog ArchiveBooksDD Articles/ColumnsDD BIORadio and TV DemosVoiceover DemosMedia CoveragePhoto GalleryThe Polygamists Sect Mess

Note:  I'll be filling in for Nancy Grace 
on Monday night July 28 at 8pm 
Eastern time. Tune in to CNN Headline
News - See you then!  - DD  

DDinAbq.jpg
Courtesy: ABQ Magazine

The Official Website of Investigative Reporter and Author Diane Dimond 

 

UPDATE

 

I'm proud to announce I've begun an exciting new endeavor.  I'm writing a weekly crime and justice newspaper column.  I've also begun an association with The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-dimond/ where you can become a Dimond fan, leave a comment or start some buzz about my work.  

 

 You can also find all the columns right here. 

 

My column first began appearing in the Albuquerque Journal - the hometown newspaper I grew up reading.  The Journal and its wonderful editor, Kent Walz, launched the Saturday column with a splash, including above-the-mastehead headshots which guided readers to their newest Op-Ed columnist - Me!

 

The idea behind the weekly offering is not to rehash the crime du jour (although I might throw in my two cents worth!) rather, the column centers on big-issue crime themes that affect American's daily lives. I also hope to shed real light on parts of the criminal justice system you may not be aware of.

 

Content changes weekly so check back often and pass this link on to all your friends!

 

If you are an editor looking for a relevant new columnist contact me here.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Saturday, July 19, 2008

When Parents Go to Prison Children Are Punished Too      
 
Abq Journal          Huffington Post
 
     I was there as police conducted an early morning drug bust raid.  Mom and Dad were arrested - but that left two completely terrified children behind.  What becomes of them?  
 
     Continue reading ... "When Parents Go To Prison....." here
 
:::

Saturday, July 12, 2008

 Rest In Peace, Patsy                Abq Journal       Huffington Post

 

Patsy Ramsey is looking down from the heavens she always prayed to with her trademark beauty pageant smile.  Standing next to her is her beautiful daughter, Jon Benet Ramsey.  They are benevolent but still wagging a finger of “I-told-you-so” at all of us.

 

     Continue reading..."Rest In Peace, Patsy..." at a link above or here to leave a comment

 

      Jump here to read a rebuttal of this column by noted victim rights attorney Wendy Murphy.  (Also found in the comments section at the end of the column) 

:::

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Switching Sides On The Death Penalty       Abq Journal   Huff Post
 
I've always been against the death penalty.  But now I've changed my mind - at least partially -because of those morons on the U.S. Supreme Court!
 
   Read "Switching Sides on Death" at a link above or here to leave a comment.
 
:::

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Where Have All The Lost Guns Gone?   Abq Journal    Huff Post
 
Last year saw at least 30 thousand unregistered guns flood American streets.  Where the hell are they ~ and who's running the show ~ The NRA or the ATF?
      
      Read "Lost Guns" at a link above or here to post your comment!
 
:::

Saturday, June 14, 2008

I Confess               Albuq Journal link               Huffington Post link
 
I probably shouldn't reveal the fact that I recently broke the law.  I mean, critics of my columns might just decide to turn me in! 
Are the authorities in my native New Mexico waiting to cuff me when I next visit?
 
            Read "I Confess...." at a link above or HERE and leave a comment
:::

Saturday, June 7, 2008

The Perks of Prison -  Albuq. Journal or Huffington Post
 
Just because a person's in prison doesn't mean they will have to go without their street drugs.  So how do they get the drugs past security? Sometimes it is dishonest prison guards ... but that ain't all!
 
Read the story at one of the links above or HERE ... and LEAVE A COMMENT

 

:::

Monday, June 2, 2008

Too Many Lawsuits - And It Costs You!- Albuq. Journal
 
Next time you shake your head or chuckle over a lawsuit demanding millions for a pair of lost pants or restitution for a hot coffee burn in the crotch realize what all these suits have done to your wallet! Can anyone say, "Tort reform?"
 
     Read TOO MANY LAWSUITS .... and post your own comment here
 
:::

Friday, May 30, 2008

Yearning For Justice - SPECIAL FOR THE Huffington Post
 
Would some legislator in the state of Texas PLEASE figure out how to write a new law that protects children like those who were trapped at the FLDS compound? 
The state's highest court shrugs its black-robed shoulders and says there's nothing it can do!
 
     Read more "Yearning For Justice" here .... And post a comment of your own!
 
 
 
:::

Sunday, May 25, 2008

So, Let's Talk About Prostitution - Albuq. Journal
     Every time a prostitution raid makes headlines a twitter goes through the community. Gossip rages, whispers ensue about who the customers might have been. Inevitably someone says, “Well, they're all willing adults — it is a victimless crime.”
       I beg to differ.
 
     (Continue Reading "Let's Talk About Prostitution...." and reader comments here)
 
:::

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Anita Busch Finally Speaks - And the L.A. Times Cringes -  The latest -                EXCLUSIVE to the Dish
 
Busch was the LA Times reporter who was the catalyst in the case against Hollywood Private Eye Anthony Pellicano.  Now, she breaks her silence and points a finger of culpibility at her former newspaper - she calls for an internal investigation.  Read about it here
:::

Saturday, May 3, 2008

THE D.C. Madame Speaks From The Grave                                         EXCLUSIVE To the Dish
 
Investigators might think twice before ruling Deborah Jeane Palfrey's death a suicide ... And we might think twice before passing judgment on her life.  Read all about it  HERE
:::

Sunday, April 27, 2008

How To Make 8k a Day! - Albuq. Journal     Huffington Post
 
I know a guy who goes into a courtroom and automatically earns eight grand a day.  Nice work if you can get it! Who is he?  Find out here
:::

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Victims or Accomplices?
 
Who the hell was responsible for all those children in the Yearning For Zion Ranch compound in Texas? 
An argument for how motherly instinct failed and how a small group of insiders could turn that polygamist inside out! 
 
                         Read full on line column here ... and reader comments.
 
:::

Sunday, April 6, 2008

TV Legal Pundits In Training  - Albuq. Journal

 

You’ll never guess what they’re teaching in law schools these days.  

 

They’re teaching ripped from the TV plot lines – and the art of TV punditry. 

 

I bet its happening across the country but I’ll stick to what I know first hand.

 

Every year I address students at New York Law School for a class called, ‘Advocacy, media and the big case: Intersection of media and the law.’  The course designer, Professor Lis Wiehl, knows of what she speaks.

 

     Read LEGAL PUNDITS IN TRAINING.....and readers comments here

:::

Sunday, March 23, 2008

The Childhood Home

 

Sometimes crime just has to take a back seat.  

 

This column isn’t about crime but it is about life and death.

 

For 18 months I’ve put it off.  I mean, what do you do with a childhood house full of memories after you lose both your parents? 

 

                                                 Continue reading ...."The Childhood Home......"

 

 

:::

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Calling All Feminists - Say Something!!

  

Ok, so I just checked the official website of the National Organization for Women.  Not a word about the Elliott Spitzer sex scandal and resignation. The lead story of their “Hot Topics” news section is a week old fluff piece about Hillary Clinton’s primary wins in Ohio and Texas. 

 

And I guess we won’t be hearing from, Marcia Pappas, the President of the New York Chapter of NOW either.  She’s the one I recently wrote about who immediately and fiercely jumped on Senator Ted Kennedy for endorsing Barack Obama for President.  By denying Hillary the nod, Marcia declared, Teddy K. had committed the “ultimate betrayal” of all women.  Funny, Marcia didn’t seem to remember the Massachusetts senator walking away from a sinking car in a place called Chappaquiddick as a more important “betrayal” of a woman – but I digress.

 

It’s as if these feminists don’t think the Spitzer issue affects women!

 

                          Continue reading ... "Calling All Feminists..." and reader comments

 

:::

Monday, March 10, 2008

Crime And The Candidates 

 

Why isn’t there a hue and cry across the land about the crime rate in this country?

 

If true leadership starts at the top why aren’t any of the presidential candidates talking about crime in America? Why aren’t any of them proposing an anti-crime plan along with their Iraq package, their health care ideas and their Social Security solutions?   It is something that affects all of us every single day - and its getting worse.

 

CONTINUE READING "Crime and the Candidates" and reader comments.

:::

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

An Anniversary of Murder

 

I have a friend named Danielle – Dani for short.  She’s a tiny, beautiful blonde thing and she is celebrating an anniversary.

 

March 6th marks the 15th anniversary of her mother’s murder.  To this day the case remains unsolved.

                                    Continue reading ..."Anniversary of a Murder..."

 

:::

Friday, February 22, 2008

HOLLYWOOD LIES !
 
     The latest on how "American Gangster" and its less-than-true-to-life scripts have shattered more lives. Check it out!  And see readers comments ....
:::

Saturday, February 16, 2008

The Ticking Time Bomb Next Door

  

“The deranged walk among us – they always have.”  

 

I wrote that after the inexplicable shooting at the University of Illinois last week in which six innocent people were killed and 23 wounded.  No one seemed to see it coming when 27 year old Steve Kazmierczak, a “personable and friendly” award winning student, walked in to a lecture hall and started shooting.  Now we learn he had been institutionalized by his parents for violent behavior.

 

I’ve been thinking.  How many Kazmierczaks are out there?

 

          Continue reading... "Ticking Time Bomb Next Door" - and reader comments

 

 

 

:::

2008.07.01 | 2008.06.01 | 2008.05.01 | 2008.04.01 | 2008.03.01 | 2008.02.01 | 2008.01.01 | 2007.12.01 | 2007.11.01 | 2007.11.18 | 2007.11.11

Link to web log's RSS file

Click here for more Dimond Columns

Google

 

 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
        

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
   
 
  
 
   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 


The Perfect Voices for Your Voiceover Project

The Perfect Voices for your Voiceover Project
http://www.voicesoncall.com/

Find voice talents at Voice123.com