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No criminal charges to be filed in deadly police shooting
Assignment ManagerA special prosecutor reviewing the deadly shooting of an Altavista woman will not file any criminal charges. Delma Towler was shot and killed by an Altavista police officer on September 19, 2012. Towler was 83 years old. Roanoke Commonwealth's Attorney...Tags: Shootings, Firearms, Crime, Law and Justice
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Gruesome photos from California's "Alphabet murders" open trial
ReutersBy Ronnie Cohen SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 17 (Reuters) - Opening arguments began on Monday in the death penalty trial of a retired photographer accused of killing four prostitutes with a California prosecutor showing jurors gruesome photographs of victims...Tags: Murder, Sex Crimes, Trials, Justice System, Crime Victims
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UPDATE: Morgan sentenced to year in prison
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- All parties in the courtroom Monday agreed the case at hand was unique, perhaps unprecedented. Not the concept of fraud during an election, of course, but the specific case here, where county workers, led by a well-known local political...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, Justice System, Trials, Local Elections
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WRAPUP 3-Snowden rejects suggestions he is a spy for China
Reuters* Snowden hits back against critics, criticizes Obama * He questions whether he can get fair trial in U.S. * Shrugs off Cheney criticism, calls it an 'honor' * Obama reiterates trade-off between security and privacy By Laura MacInnis and John...Tags: Human Rights, Justice System, Tea Party Movement, United Kingdom, Government
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'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez died of complications from lymphoma
Richard Ramirez — the infamous serial killer who died while on San Quentin's death row after being convicted of 13 murders — died of complications of blood cancer. Ramirez, died June 7 at 9:10 a.m. while receiving treatment at Marin...Tags: Substance Abuse, Murder, Hepatitis C , Burkitt lymphoma, Google+
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Accused California killer tells jurors, 'I'm not the monster'
ReutersSAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - An elderly California photographer charged with the slayings of four prostitutes dating back to the 1970s opened his own defense at his serial-murder trial on Monday, declaring to jurors, "I'm not the monster that killed...Tags: Sex Crimes, Trials, Justice System, Defendants, Monsters (legendary creatures)
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Torture museums in Europe
Rick Steves' EuropeYou may think that the endless security lines at the airport are torturous -- but they are child's play compared with what heretics and criminals faced in the Middle Ages. Medieval torture was used both to extract confessions and to punish the convicted...Tags: Arts and Culture, United Nations, Museums, Death Penalty, Prisons
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Former 'Whitey' Bulger associate says FBI dealings 'broke my heart'
ReutersBOSTON (Reuters) - A former criminal associate of James "Whitey" Bulger told jurors at the accused mob boss's trial on Monday that he agreed to testify against his old friend after learning that his former gang pals had begun cooperating with law...Tags: Organized Crime, Laws, Justice System, Trials, Criminal Laws
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Gun control: Close the bullet buyer loophole?
Santa Monica shooter John Zawahri was prevented some years ago from buying a firearm, but that didn't stop the gunman with a history of mental illness from killing five people this month in a 10-minute shooting rampage. In his column today, The Times'...
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Clarence Thomas' legal time machine zooms to 1789
Don't let the U.S. Supreme Court's very contemporary cases on gene patenting and same-sex marriage fool you: At least one justice is still living in the 18th century and doesn't care who knows it. Justice Clarence Thomas followed his astonishingly...Tags: Insider Trading, U.S. Supreme Court, Laws, Samuel A. Alito, Defendants
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WRAPUP 2-Snowden hits back against critics of NSA leaks
Reuters* Cites 'litany of lies' by U.S. officials * Snowden questions whether he can get fair trial in U.S. * Urges Obama to roll back surveillance programs By Deborah Charles and Laura MacInnis WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - The former National Security...Tags: Hong Kong, Justice System, Human Rights, Tea Party Movement, United Kingdom
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Snowden hits back against critics of NSA leaks
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former National Security Agency contractor who revealed the U.S. government's top-secret monitoring of Americans' phone and Internet data fought back against his critics on Monday, saying the government's "litany of lies"...Tags: Hong Kong, Culture, Justice System, Human Rights, Social Sciences
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