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The Stasi Prison- Riveting
It’s important to preface this post with a very rudimentary history of the “German situation”. After World War II concluded with the Allies victorious over Germany, Japan and Italy, it was decided that Germany would be split. The...Tags: Germany, World War II (1939-1945)
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Fighting Cancer And Possible Return To Prison, Taylor Remains Optimistic
Fox CTMore than a year after Ronald Taylor was released from prison and temporarily exonerated of the murder for which he served 16 years in prison, the New Haven native is again fighting to prove his innocence while at the same time battling stage four colon...Tags: Judges, Chemotherapy, Trials, Justice System, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Malloy Orders Layoffs Today; No Deal Reached With Unions
The Hartford CourantDespite numerous hours of talks over the past two months, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ordered layoff notices to start going out Tuesday because no deal has been reached between his administration and the state employee unions. Malloy had been warning workers...Tags: Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Meriden, Unions, Executive Branch
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First CT Officer To Be Charged With Murder Dies
The Hartford CourantThe first Connecticut officer to be charged with murder while acting in the line of duty has been found dead at the age of 41. Scott Smith, a former New Milford officer, was found deceased in his bed at his Danbury home Tuesday morning, city police said....Tags: Waterbury, Crime, Law and Justice, New Milford, Milford (New Haven, Connecticut), Judges
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Ai Weiwei releases profanity-filled music video
Not surprisingly, Ai Weiwei's new music video features wall-to-wall profanity and an aggressive anger aimed at China's ruling Communist party. The celebrated Chinese artist has released a new heavy-metal music video about the 81 days he spent in...
Tags: China, Arts and Culture, Apple iTunes, Artists, Music
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Witnesses recall bride fatally stabbing fiance hours before wedding
A Whitehall Township woman charged with slaying her fiance with a steak knife on their wedding day has claimed she acted as a concerned mom after her husband-to-be tried to drive away drunk with their 9-month-old son to get food. But two eye witnesses...
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Jodi Arias jury due to resume death penalty deliberations in Arizona
ReutersBy Tim Gaynor PHOENIX, May 22 (Reuters) - A jury weighing the fate of murderer Jodi Arias is set to resume deliberations on Wednesday on whether she should be sentenced to death or spend her life in prison for the brutal slaying of her ex-boyfriend....Tags: Murder, Death Penalty, The Arizona Republic, Crime, Law and Justice, Television Industry
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Murder of Mexican reporter in Veracruz spotlights official hostility toward press
McClatchy Foreign StaffXALAPA, Mexico Regina Martinez had a premonition that she was courting danger in the months before her death. She spoke to colleagues of her fear. She'd written articles for Proceso, Mexico's main newsweekly magazine, chronicling the overlap between...Tags: Organized Crime, Newspaper and Magazine, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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Billie Sol Estes' notoriety included getting cameras kicked out of courtrooms
Fort Worth Star-TelegramThe following editorial appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Tuesday, May 21: Pecos, Texas, wheeler-dealer millionaire Billie Sol Estes had achieved frenzied national notoriety when Time magazine featured him on its May 25 cover in 1962. But...Tags: NBC (tv network), Crime, Law and Justice, Television Industry, CBS Corp., Judges
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Pussy Riot member starts hunger strike to protest court ruling
ReutersMOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - A member of the band Pussy Riot who was jailed over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Russian cathedral said on Wednesday she was starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing. Maria...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christian Orthodoxy, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Disputes, Strikes
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Jodi Arias: Will she talk herself to death?
Staff writerWhat should a woman possibly facing the death penalty do? If you're Jodi Arias, you give a round of interviews. Could it be that she'll talk herself to death? This woman is one difficult client. Jury deliberations on whether she'll get death or life...Tags: Good Morning America (tv program), Dan Abrams, HLN (tv network), Joe Arpaio, ABC (tv network)
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Suffolk woman, accused of mooning school bus, gets prison time
A Suffolk woman accused of mooning a bus full of school children during a dispute with the driver has been sentenced to prison time. Lisa Marie Grant, 34, was sentenced to six months in prison, with five months suspended. The driver of the school...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Punishment, Trials, Justice System
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