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1998 Stories by Steve Jackson

• The Waiting Game

  published December 17, 1998

  Death is different," fellow jurists told District Judge Frank Plaut as he prepared for his first capital murder case, the trial of Robert Riggan... More >>

• Trial and Tribulations, Part Two

  published November 26, 1998

  Amy Johnson and her fiance, Jason Sosebe, left their home shortly after six on the morning of May 17, 1997, heading down Old Hughesville Road... More >>

• Trial and Tribulations

  published November 19, 1998

  Conversations stopped and heads turned as Joanne Cordova walked a along the fifth-floor corridor of the Jefferson County courthouse. She... More >>

• Guerrillas in the Midst

  published October 15, 1998

  The two police officers met for coffee, as they often did, at the Homestead Restaurant in Idaho Springs one cold afternoon in November... More >>

• Death Takes a Holiday

  published October 15, 1998

  Those waiting to see Colorado's new death-penalty tag team in action will have to wait even longer than expected. The first test of a... More >>

• Weed Kills?

  published September 10, 1998

  Further proof that gardening can be hazardous to your health--or at least leave you digitally impaired--can be found in a nasty little weed that,... More >>

• All That Remains

  published July 23, 1998

  The woman picked up the leg bone of Dr. Evgeny Botkin, the last physician for the last czar, and sniffed. Her Russian hosts couldn't have looked... More >>

• Young Guns

  published June 18, 1998

  Janice didn't know why she tried to kill the other girl. "She just pissed me off," she told counselor Adolph Montana. So Janice had lain in... More >>

• A Lawman on Domestic Violence

  published June 11, 1998

  Forgive Dave Thomas if he brings a private perspective on domestic violence to work with him. He lives with a small reminder of its devastation... More >>

• Facing Off

  published June 11, 1998

  Despite the efforts made to streamline Colorado's domestic-violence system, it can still move dangerously slowly for some victims. Afraid and... More >>

• Falling Through the Cracks

  published June 11, 1998

  Given his immediate charm, it wasn't surprising that Christopher Lance Johnson sold cars for a living. In fact, that was how he and Betty... More >>

• A Shock to the System

  published June 11, 1998

  Domestic violence has a way of reaching out and touching the rest of society, sometimes with fatal consequences. The cases that get the... More >>

• Hitting Them Where They Live

  published June 11, 1998

  Patricia Ann Burns had finally taken all she was going to from her husband, Clarence. One day in August 1982, the 38-year-old elementary-school... More >>

• A Quick Ride on a Fast Track

  published June 11, 1998

  Even indoors, the young blond woman keeps her dark glasses on--the better to disguise, along with pancake makeup, the bruises on the right side of... More >>

• Caught on Tape

  published April 23, 1998

  The TV news show 48 Hours portrayed former Denver cop Michael Newell as a hero two weeks ago for his efforts to protect women from the obsessed... More >>

• The Unusual Suspect

  published February 19, 1998

  A year ago, Boulder police chief Tom Koby faced the cameras and promised that "our guy won't walk." Since then, of course, the JonBenet... More >>

• Letty Wins

  published February 12, 1998

  The decisions of a Denver Probate Court judge that deprived 83-year-old Letty Milstein of her rights and her money were slapped down late last... More >>

• Sage Remington

  published January 29, 1998

  Sage Douglas Remington marches to a different drummer. A Southern Ute drummer these days--but that's just one of the beats that's driven him over... More >>

• The Wagers of Sin

  published January 22, 1998

  When the Jefferson County district attorney's office went after a dozen bookies from a Golden boiler-room sports-betting operation last year, the... More >>

• Murderer's Row

  published January 15, 1998

  Earl Elder loaded a small artificial Christmas tree into his car and drove west into the mountains. Six miles past Idaho Springs, he exited the... More >>