We've had more than a few "tried to sell the kid on Craigslist" stories floating around the Internet in recent years. Way too many, if you ask me. But there's something about the latest mom charged with trying to adopt out her 3-year-old son via a Craigslist ad that's a bit unusual.

The mom, Stephanie Redus, doesn't sound like your typical jerk mom who would use Craigslist to offload a kid because she doesn't care. I can't get truly enraged at her. If anything, I read the Texas mom's story and I felt ... pity.

Finally some good news in the ongoing war against child pornography. Photos of an alleged child porn producer known only as John Doe were released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations department earlier this month in a plea for the public to help nab a man abusing a little girl. And they've caught him! John Doe has been arrested thanks to tips from the public!

Well ... and thanks to his own stupidity. The dude actually showed his face on an alleged child porn film! Thank goodness.

Good prevails! Evil has been extinguished!

George ZimmermanGeorge Zimmerman, the man who allegedly shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, is set to go to court next month. And in preparation for the trial, attorneys have hired "audio specialists" to analyze the 911 tape from the night of February 26 to determine whether or not the screams for help heard on tape are Zimmerman's or Martin's. If they're decided to be Zimmerman's -- who's pleading not guilty -- he obviously has a case. If they're Martin's, doesn't look so good for Zimmerman. But what the specialists are saying is interesting. 

Don't mess with a mom -- especially if she's also a CrossFit trainer. A woman named Tennyson Jacobson reportedly stabbed an intruder to death after the man broke into their home and was confronted by Tennyson's husband, Kyle, who immediately began grappling with him. Tennyson didn't just stand by and scream helplessly like women used to do in movies (thank god they stopped doing that) -- she grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed the guy to death.

Remember the quote from Shrek about ogres and onions? Both have layers that make them complex. And so it is with Charles Francis Gaskins, the white supremacist sentenced this week to life in prison for murdering a child molester.

On the outside layer -- the most superficial there is -- the story sounds almost like a celebration. Neil Hayes was a bad, bad man, and we have one less child molester on the streets! It's tempting to say that this man did a public service!

But did he? Did he really? Let's move on to the second layer.

Jodi Arias' defense team made closing arguments on Friday and her lawyer, Kirk Nurmi, stressed circumstances that weighed in favor of Jodi killing her lover, Travis Alexander, in self-defense, not out of a premeditated "covert" operation to kill him out of rage and jealousy. Travis was found shot in the face, stabbed 27 times, and his throat was slit. The prosecution contends that Jodi drove from California to Arizona with the express purpose of killing him. Jodi contends that she killed him in self-defense after he attacked her for dropping his camera.

A 6-year-old girl was reportedly kidnapped from a school by a woman and taken to a hotel for the night and then dropped off on a remote road. She was eventually found by good Samaritans, who brought her to the police. So at least this ends well. But you won't believe how it began! Police are saying that the woman who allegedly kidnapped the girl, Jashayla Hopson, walked into her school and asked for her by name. And although the girl didn't know her, the school handed the girl over! Excuse me, what?! The girl was then reportedly led to a car by the woman. And even more disturbing, the strange woman was -- a teacher! OMG, does this story get any more disturbing?

Closing arguments in the Jodi Arias murder trial are underway and it shouldn't be long before we find out if Jodi is convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison or even gets the death penalty. I suppose there's always the slim chance that the jury may even feel sorry for Jodi or believe that she killed Travis Alexander in self defense as she claims and acquit her. I've always said that no one deserves to die for being a jerk -- but, let's face it, Travis was not a stand-up boyfriend. Not even a stand-up man. He treated Jodi like trash. And according to emails unearthed by the Arizona Republic, even his friends didn't like it.