Adam Patterson

  • Victims Of Pain And Blind Justice

    In 1997, William Anderson stole a dollar in loose change from a parked car. He was arrested and sentenced under California's voter-approved "three strikes and you're out" law.

  • A Postcard From Wales

    The small South Wales city of Swansea is in the grip of a heroin epidemic. How do I know? Well, I’ve been living with a group of young Welsh heroin addicts, on and off, for the last three months.

  • Castles Made Of Technosand

    Dubai is a city where oil-rich Emiratis are willing to pay $14 million just to drive around with a license plate bearing the number "1." (Yes, that really happened.)