Feets don't fail us now

Britain's new Footwear Intelligence Technology--yes, FIT--is a database of shoes, footprints, and other footwear patterns that will help police identify scuff marks and such at crime scenes.
Christian Science Monitor

'The opposite of compassion is not hatred, it's indifference.'

Male rape is epidemic in U.S. prisons. Read Human Rights Watch's report, with inmates' statements and information about the 2003 federal legislation. For a rather more raw look at the problem, see the Punk Who Wouldn't Shut Up.
Human Rights Watch, Jim Goad, all via Metafilter

Police lineups singled out

Some police departments are doing away with the police lineup in favor of other identification strategies.
Christian Science Monitor