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  • In the ultimate display of fatherly irresponsibility, I forsook my sons to barnstorm throughout South Central Los Angeles in the name of Crippen.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • In the ultimate display of fatherly irresponsibility, I forsook my sons to barnstorm throughout South Central Los Angeles in the name of Crippen.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • In the ultimate display of fatherly irresponsibility, I forsook my sons to barnstorm throughout South Central Los Angeles in the name of Crippen.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • In the ultimate display of fatherly irresponsibility, I forsook my sons to barnstorm throughout South Central Los Angeles in the name of Crippen.

    Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

  • Stop tempting me R Did you know the Crippen are the ladies auxiliary of the Crips ?

    quiz: what kind of literature are you? « raincoaster 2006

  • In most of the cases the crime only came to light slowly, as the result of careful investigations which started off with the suspicions of neighbours or relatives; and in nearly every case there was some dramatic coincidence, in which the finger of Providence could be clearly seen, or one of those episodes that no novelist would dare to make up, such as Crippen’s flight across the Atlantic with his mistress dressed as a boy, or Joseph Smith playing “Nearer, my God, to Thee” on the harmonium while one of his wives was drowning in the next room.

    Decline of the English Murder 1946

  • Crippen's distant relatives have used the evidence to seek a pardon, but the commission declined to refer the case to the court of appeal, saying their relationship with Crippen was too distant for them to have a sufficient interest in seeking a pardon.

    Miscarriages of justice are going unchallenged by watchdog, says QC 2011

  • Cooper, who is seeking a judicial review of the watchdog's decision not to investigate the case of Dr Hawley Crippen, accused it of being reluctant to examine historic cases involving alleged miscarriages of justice.

    Miscarriages of justice are going unchallenged by watchdog, says QC 2011

  • Maddy Crippen, the sister of the former University of Virginia swimmer who died over the weekend competing in an open-water race, said her brother had voiced concerns about safety.

    Fran Crippen's sister says swimmer expressed safety concerns Cindy Boren 2010

  • New evidence suggests that Crippen, who was hanged in 1910 for killing his wife, Cora, may have been innocent, as the human remains found at his house – and originally believed to be those of his spouse – were those of a man.

    Miscarriages of justice are going unchallenged by watchdog, says QC 2011

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