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Need a Sitter? Get Convicted!

By Casey Greenfield

One judge's solution to the child-care crisis is to give a convicted mother three years to find a caregiver before reporting to prison.

  • June 14 2010
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Can the Balloon Boy’s Parents Really Go to Prison for a Hoax?

By Jessica Dweck

The suprisingly strong case against the Heenes.

  • October 20 2009
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So Your Mother Married a Convict, Get Over It

By Bonnie Goldstein
  • June 18 2009
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My Mother Married Her Prison Pen Pal

By Anna Balkrishna

And it changed us forever.

  • June 17 2009
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