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Federal judge from Springfield dies
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- U.S. District Judge Richard Dorr of Springfield died Wednesday night in Houston, Texas, where he was being treated for cancer. Dorr had been on the federal bench since 2002, when he was appointed by President George W. Bush, and...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Justice System, Barack Obama, George W. Bush
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Ex-Air Force instructor gets six months for role in sex scandal
ReutersBy Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, April 24 (Reuters) - A former U.S. Air Force training instructor was sentenced on Wednesday to six months in prison for his role in a military sex scandal that has led to changes in training practices. Tech Sergeant Bobby...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Military, Health and Safety at School, Assault, Rape
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EDITORIAL: Justice in bombing can be done in civilian court
The Fresno BeeThe last thing we should do is let the Boston Marathon bombing undermine our fundamental principles or get in the way of important work. But some in Congress couldn't wait to use the attack for their political ends. The Obama administration properly...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Timothy McVeigh, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sports, Lindsey O. Graham
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EDITORIAL: President or terror suspect, the rule of law applies
St. Louis Post-DispatchThe tough thing about the United States Constitution is that it contains no asterisks. You can read through all 4,543 words in the original document, plus the 27 amendments, and never find an out clause. You want to change something -- even something as...Tags: Al-Qaeda, George W. Bush, Eric Holder, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Terrorism
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The fiasco of Military tribunals
WASHINGTON -- Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev won't be sent before a military tribunal for a technical reason: As a U.S. citizen, he isn't eligible. But that technicality stopped us from addressing a more important consideration:...
Tags: Judges, Central Intelligence Agency, Justice System, Prosecution, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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Philippine high court issues writ over Tubbataha
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila / Asia News NetworkMANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) -- The Philippine Supreme Court has issued a "writ of kalikasan" over the Tubbataha Reef that directs the Court of Appeals to determine whether the US Navy is criminally and administratively liable for the massive...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Labor Legislation, Germany, Career and Workplace
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Boston bomb suspect charged; religious motive seen
BOSTON (AP) — The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday after interrogating and charging...
Tags: Police Investigations, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Trials, Politics, Jay Carney
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COLUMN - Boston bomber acted as 'enemy combatant'
Reuters(Michael Rosen is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Michael M. Rosen April 23 (Reuters) - The Obama administration announced on Monday that suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev would "not be treated as an enemy...Tags: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Justice System, Al-Qaeda, Culture, Kelly Ayotte
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The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Mike Sweet column
The Hawk Eye, Burlington, IowaThe roar of explosions and cries of the victims from the Boston bombing still were reverberating in America's psyche when U.S. senators Chuck Grassley, Lindsey Graham, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and other Republicans mounted their high horses to monger fear...Tags: Interior Policy, Timothy McVeigh, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Terrorism, Lindsey O. Graham
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Appeals court backs EPA veto of Spruce Mine
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.Read the ruling: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal appeals court has concluded that the U.S. Environmental Protection clearly acted within its legal authority when it rejected a permit for one of the largest mountaintop removal mines in West Virginia...Tags: Judges, Justice System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Arch Coal Incorporated, Science and Technology
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Marine on trial at Camp Pendleton on charges of adultery, lying
SAN DIEGO -- A Marine is on trial at Camp Pendleton on charges of committing adultery and then lying to investigators by saying she was drunk and had been raped. Under military law, adultery can lead to a bad-conduct discharge and a year in the brig....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Los Angeles International Airport, Justice System, Prosecution, Defendants
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EDITORIAL: Justice in Boston Marathon bombing can be done in civilian court
The Sacramento BeeThe last thing we should do is let the Boston Marathon bombing undermine our fundamental principles or get in the way of important work. But some in Congress couldn't wait to use the attack for their own political ends. The Obama administration properly...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Timothy McVeigh, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Lindsey O. Graham
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