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James Holmes' attorneys again challenge law on insanity pleas
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — With the stakes for their client literally life or death, defense attorneys for James E. Holmes on Thursday again challenged the constitutionality of Colorado's law governing insanity pleas. Holmes, 25, is accused in the July...Tags: Psychiatrists, Court Preliminary, Crime, Law and Justice, James Holmes, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting
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Corrupt cop gets 12 years
For five years, federal authorities had been chasing leads on two Chicago police officers believed to be conspiring with leaders of the Latin Kings to rob the gang's rivals of cash, drugs and guns, but they never had enough solid information to make a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Antonio Martinez, Gang Activity, Theft, Justice System
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I-5 bridge collapses north of Seattle
SEATTLE — A large section of a bridge on Interstate 5 north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, sending vehicles and people plunging into the swirling, frigid waters of the Skagit River. Three people were hospitalized in stable condition,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Highway Transportation, Mount Vernon, Disasters and Accidents, Witnesses
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Kern County says heart disease, not beating, caused man's death
A man at the center of a videotaped altercation with Kern County sheriff's deputies earlier this month died from heart disease, not baton blows, authorities said Thursday. The county coroner's office labeled David Sal Silva's death accidental, adding...
Tags: FBI, Television Industry, Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Witnesses
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Bridge section collapses on I-5 north of Seattle
SEATTLE — A large section of a bridge on Interstate 5 north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, sending vehicles and people plunging into the swirling, icy waters of the Skagit River. The bridge failed without warning between the towns of...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Mount Vernon, Witnesses
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Tearful testimony at killer's sentencing hearing
Maria Rodriguez wept in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom. Nearly seven years after her boyfriend was gunned down by two men carrying AK-47s, Rodriguez tearfully recounted Thursday how she later broke the news to their young daughter that her father...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Human Interest, Justice System, Punishment
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Kern County sheriff defends deputies videotaped beating man
A man at the center of a videotaped altercation with Kern County sheriff’s deputies month died from heart disease -- not baton blows, authorities said Thursday. The county coroner’s office labeled David Sal Silva’s death accidental,...
Tags: FBI, Television Industry, Shootings, Accidental Death, Heart Disease
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Venezuela prosecutor to open probe over leaked recording
ReutersCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's prosecutor's office said on Thursday it would open an investigation into in a recording the opposition says features a top government ally accusing the deputy head of the ruling Socialist Party of corruption and...Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro
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Corrections officials investigating Facebook, Instagram pictures
Corrections officials are investigating whether an inmate at the Baltimore City Detention Center has been using a contraband cellphone to post photos and updates on Facebook and Instagram online accounts. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and...
Tags: Safety of Citizens, Gang Activity, AFSCME, Black Guerrilla Family, FBI
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Ex-LAPD detective sentenced to 20 years for beating wife to death
A former Los Angeles police homicide detective was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in a Hawaii prison for beating his wife to death, authorities said. Dan DeJarnette, 59, pleaded guilty in March to manslaughter. The plea came shortly before he was to...
Tags: Lawyers, Los Angeles Police Department, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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O.C. man convicted of fatally stabbing two men in parking lot
An Orange County man was convicted Thursday of fatally stabbing two men during a fight in a Lake Forest parking lot, prosecutors said. Justin Alvin Masao Tombleson, 30, was found guilty by a jury of two felony counts of voluntary manslaughter, according...Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Heart Disease, Justice System
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Lawyer who helped prosecute Gov. Ryan tapped for U.S. attorney's post
The lawyer picked Thursday to succeed Patrick Fitzgerald as Chicago's U.S. attorney is a former federal prosecutor best known for taking on corrupt politicians and powerful institutions such as the University of Notre Dame. Zachary Fardon would take...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Patrick Fitzgerald, Discrimination, Executive Branch, Business Enterprises
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