The methods by which one determines a person's guilt and the types of punishment meted out for those 'crimes' may have changed significantly throughout the years, but the need for a stable and lawful community has not. These stories, told from a variety of perspectives, detail the circumstances and events that led up to various crimes and the eventual capture, imprisonment, release or execution of the criminal.

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• Frank Earl: Man Executed After 1907 Sidney Murder
• Complaints About Juries Have Long History
• Chief O'Leary: A Fixture in City Law Enforcement for 60 Years
• The Good Old Days?
• Rumley Man Convicted of Killing Girl, Only Person Publicly Executed Locally
• Buddie Shang: A Black Man Accused of Murder