Crime, punishment court travelers to D.C. museum

By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Bonnie and Clyde were two of the most notorious bank robbers in American history. This bullet-ridden 1934 Ford, which is featured in the new National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, D.C., was the couple's death car in the 1967 movie of the same name starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Chalk it up to the eternal conflict between good and evil, but Americans have always been fascinated with crime. From the stocks and pillories used to mock and humiliate offenders during Colonial times, to the bloody shoot-out at the O.K. Corral, to the notoriety of serial killer Ted Bundy, who confessed to 30 murders before being executed in 1989 -- it all fuels our imaginations in ways we can't quite comprehend. The new National Museum of Crime & Punishment in... [read full story]