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Jim Fisher
Personal blog · jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.comculturescience
Jim Fisher's personal blog at jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com covers culture and science. Since 2014, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Jim Fisher's true-crime blog for posts on police conduct, arrests and convictions, including a case of a man jailed after calling 911 and a New York murder conviction. Comments cite it without judging its writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Welcome to the Jim Fisher True Crime blog, a place for people interested in crime, criminal investigation, policing, law, writing, and forensic science.
Most-linked posts?
- /2012/01/police-involved-shootings-2011-annual.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-02-14
What Hacker News says?
Never is a strong word, though it's pretty close: http://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com/2012/01/police-involv... (not a great looking source, but obviously this is not a topic authorities like talking about). In general, I agree with all your points, and I favor a system were non-LEOs investigate LEOs.
Comment linking /2012/01/police-involved-shootings-2011-annual.html
on “How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help”Who The Police Shoot A vast majority of the people shot by the police in 2011 were men between the ages 25 and 40 who had histories of crime. Overall, people shot by the police were much older than the typical first-time arrestee. A significant number of the people wounded and killed by the authorities were over fifty, some in their eighties. In 2011, the police shot two 15-year-olds, and a girl who was 16. The poli…
Comment linking /2012/01/police-involved-shootings-2011-annual.html
on “In Iraq, I raided insurgents. In Virginia, the police raided me”Circumstantial evidence is a valid basis for conviction. You’re leaving out a few key details: http://jimfishertruecrime.blogspot.com/2012/12/did-jeffrey-p... 1) Jeffrey had motive. His mother had been abusing him for years. 2) Jeffrey was the last person to see his mother alive. The crime scene evidence also pointed to an “insider” who would’ve felt comfortable sticking around to clean up the crime scene (blood was…
Comment linking /2012/12/did-jeffrey-pyne-murder-his-mother.html?m=1
on “New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in murder”