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U.S. scales back plans for Guantanamo prosecutions
ReutersGUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - - Far fewer prisoners will be tried in the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals than the Obama administration originally planned after a recent court ruling cast doubt on the viability of some charges, the chief...Tags: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Yemen, Crime, Law and Justice, Osama bin Laden, Cuba
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Long waits for gun background checks are more than an inconvenience; they're a sign of incompetence
Regarding your recent editorial on the long wait gun buyers must endure while state police background checks are completed, I can agree that the Maryland gun community is very unhappy and that the government can't work miracles. But beyond that, there are...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control
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Judge: No decision on audio experts
SANFORD — Two state audio experts testified Friday that it was not George Zimmerman screaming for help moments before Trayvon Martin was shot, but under cross-examination, both admitted they had doubts. "I have an opinion but it cannot be a hard...
Tags: Judges, Trayvon Martin, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, George Zimmerman
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Calderon fundraisers double up on limits
With four family members running as many as 10 overlapping campaign accounts open at any one time, California's Calderon family shows that bypassing state political contribution limits is as easy as opening up multiple accounts. Sen. Ron Calderon (D-...
Tags: Politics, Ron Calderon, Charles M. Calderon, Elections, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Michael Smerconish: The teacher who opened a mind
The Philadelphia InquirerIt's the time of year when our attention turns to graduates and their commencement speakers. But at a lunch with a friend last Friday, our conversation was about the often unacknowledged: the teachers for whom we're grateful. I said that I'd been...Tags: Diabetes, Colleges and Universities, Employees, Career and Workplace, Michele Bachmann
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Accused Cleveland kidnapper expected to plead not guilty at hearing
ReutersBy Kim Palmer CLEVELAND, June 12 (Reuters) - The man accused of imprisoning three young women in his house in Cleveland for a decade is expected to plead not guilty on Wednesday to more than 300 criminal counts including rape, kidnapping and murder....Tags: Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Ariel Castro, Criminals, Gina DeJesus
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FBI official who led Boston marathon bombing probe to retire
ReutersBOSTON (Reuters) - The head of the FBI's Boston office, who has supervised high-profile investigations including the probe into April's Boston Marathon bombings, will retire next month after more than 26 years with the agency, the bureau said on Tuesday....Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Police Investigations
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Long-awaited trial of accused Boston mobster "Whitey" Bulger begins
ReutersBy Scott Malone BOSTON, June 12 (Reuters) - The long-awaited trial of accused Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, who evaded an FBI hunt for 16 years before his arrest in 2011, starts on Wednesday with opening statements from prosecutors and defense...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Wanted (movie), Criminals, Lawyers, Entertainment
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ATF nominee runs into Senate opposition
WASHINGTON —The acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who took over the agency in its meltdown with the Fast and Furious gun-tracking scandal, ran into opposition Tuesday when he appeared before the Senate...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Conservation, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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U.S. tech firms push for government transparency on security
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Three of the largest U.S. Internet companies called on the U.S. government to provide greater transparency on national security requests on Tuesday, as they sought to distance themselves from reports that portrayed the...Tags: Robert Mueller, The Washington Post, Microsoft Corporation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business Enterprises
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FBI probing Pa. Supreme Court justice over fees
The FBI is investigating Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffery over fees his wife received for referring clients to personal-injury law firms, The Inquirer has learned. The investigation is examining 19 referral fees paid to Lise...Tags: Hofstra University, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, Police Investigations
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Study suggests blacks more likely than whites to be arrested in Greene County for pot possession
mmoloney@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Black Americans are more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white Americans, according to federal data compiled by the American Civil Liberties Union. In a new study, the group looked at the 2010 statistics from...Tags: Police Arrests, American Civil Liberties Union, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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