Oct 27th, 2008 · In 1972, a popular young correctional officer was stabbed to death at Angola prison. Two inmates were quickly convicted of the crime and placed in solitary confinement for nearly four decades. Now, all these years later, the murder seems even more elusive than it did then, and there are questions about their guilt.
Oct 21st, 2008 · Troy Davis, who was convicted of murdering a police officer in 1989, has been on death row for 17 years. Davis has always denied his guilt — and seven of nine prosecution witnesses have since recanted their testimony. The Supreme Court's denial to hear Davis' appeal clears the way for his execution.
Sep 30th, 2008 · Listeners comment on the failed bailout, whether or not Wall Street would have gotten into such trouble without help from the rest of us and Sarah Palin's potential harm to McCain.
Sep 26th, 2008 · Troy Davis was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday until the U.S. Supreme Court granted him a last-minute stay. Seven of the nine eyewitnesses have recanted their testimony, and now serious questions linger about Davis' guilt.
Sep 14th, 2008 · Hanif Kureishi is one of England's best-known novelists and screenwriters. Race and sex and cultural divides in London have always been Kureishi's territory, and they still are. In his latest novel, Something To Tell You, the characters are older, their sexual foibles darker — and the narrator is a psychologist named Jamal Khan — a man who has a lot of guilt.
Aug 26th, 2008 · The rock icon's early work was liberally infused with humor, but his new album is perhaps his darkest yet. He explains how he writes lyrics off the top of his head — and what that has to do with his jive-talking grandfather.
Aug 2nd, 2008 · Scientist Bruce E. Ivins was respected by his colleagues at the Army biodefense research center at Fort Detrick in Maryland. His death, and his possible connection to an FBI investigation in the 2001 anthrax killings, hits a tight-knit community.
Apr 7th, 2008 · Nearly 40 years ago, funny, smart, neurotic Alexander Portnoy burst onto the public stage. Philip Roth's fictional hero was racked by guilt -- promoted by an over-protective, self-sacrificing mother and by an obsession with, er, loving himself too much.