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
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.
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
When Parents Go to Prison Children Are Punished Too
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
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.
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
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!
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
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
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
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
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Monday, June 2, 2008
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
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Friday, May 30, 2008
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!
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
(Continue Reading "Let's Talk About Prostitution...." and reader comments here)
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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
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
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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
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