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Man sentenced for role in Anchor Inn gunfight
SOUTH BEND -- A judge on Tuesday sentenced to two years in prison a man who admitted to firing shots into a crowd during a fray that left one man dead last September. St. Joseph Superior Court Judge Jane Woodward Miller ordered James D. Garcia Jr. to...
Tags: Trials, Shootings, Justice System, Judges, Punishment
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L.A. County supervisor outlines a new jail proposal
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky wants the board to consider tearing down part of the troubled Men's Central Jail and building a facility to house mentally ill and drug addicted inmates, which he says would offer all prisoners a better chance...
Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky, Mental Health, Lee Baca, Substance Abuse, American Civil Liberties Union
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South Bend teen sentenced to 50 years for killing high schooler
SOUTH BEND – A teenager will spend several decades in prison for the murder of a South Bend high school student. A judge Tuesday sentenced 18-year-old Damontray Lovelady to 50 years in prison. Lovelady admitted last month to shooting 16-year-old...Tags: Trials, Shootings, Dwayne Johnson, Justice System, Judges
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Sharp rise in number Afghan women in prison for "moral crimes"
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago. Running away from home, usually from abuse...Tags: Taliban, Labor Legislation, Human Rights, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Kosher meals fight continues
Florida's Department of Corrections got a stern rebuke from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals last week when the court sent a lawsuit brought by a Jewish prisoner over the right to receive kosher meals back to a lower court. The appeals court...Tags: Shavuot, Trials, Vegetarian Diet, Executive Branch, U.S. Department of Justice
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Ex-Davie cop found guilty of sex assault makes case for his release pending appeal
Stephen Olenchak, the ex-Davie officer found guilty of molesting a 19-year-old family member four years ago, is asking a judge to let him go free while he appeals his conviction. "This is my home," Olenchak, 38, told Broward Circuit Judge Jeffrey...
Tags: Trials, Sex Crimes, Justice System, Judges, Punishment
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Jail fills mental health need, for better or worse
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.The McLean County jail's de facto role as Bloomington-Normal's largest provider of residential mental health services fits a trend seen across the country -- a troubling and unsatisfactory solution to the problem of helping those who are among the poorest...Tags: Family, Lobbying, Bloomington, Chemical Industry, Mental Health
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US court studies wiretaps in ex-Goldman director's insider case
Reuters* Rajat Gupta says wiretaps improperly admitted at trial * Gupta's 2-year prison term on hold while he appeals * 2nd Circuit panel hears oral arguments in appeal By Nate Raymond NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Lawyers for former Goldman Sachs Group Inc...Tags: Procter & Gamble, Securities, Trials, Warren Buffett, Prosecution
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Jodi Arias tells Arizona jury she can be productive in prison if spared death
ReutersPHOENIX, May 21 (Reuters) - Convicted killer Jodi Arias testified on Tuesday that she can effect positive change in prison if jurors sentence her to a life term and spare her the death penalty for brutally killing her ex-boyfriend in Arizona five years...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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U.S. court studies wiretaps in ex-Goldman director's insider case
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for former Goldman Sachs Group Inc board member Rajat Gupta sought to reverse his insider-trading conviction on Tuesday, arguing that wiretap evidence used by the prosecution should not have been introduced at trial....Tags: Procter & Gamble, Securities, Trials, Warren Buffett, Prosecution
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Judge berates South Bend teen smirking during murder sentencing, gives him 50 years
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- St. Joseph Superior Court Judge Jane Woodward Miller interrupted the deputy prosecutor as he discussed the slaying of 16-year-old Jhaelon Johnson to address the teenager who admitted to murdering him. "Why are you smiling?" the judge asked...Tags: Trials, Court Preliminary, Prosecution, Shootings, Dwayne Johnson
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Springfield man guilty of having child porn on cell phone
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man who was recently released after serving a prison term for possessing child pornography pleaded guilty in...
Tags: FBI, Cell Phones, Telecommunication Service, Sex Crimes, Pornography
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