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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: Mental Illness, Laws, Criminal Laws, Health and Medical Professionals, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting
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Drug cartel boss pleads guilty to murder in U.S. agent's death
WASHINGTON — A Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder in a 2011 ambush south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and which sharply strained U.S.-Mexico relations....
Tags: Theft, Court Preliminary, Mexico City, Firearms, Crime, Law and Justice
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New York man held captive for month rescued by police
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Police rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, authorities said. Police posing as building...Tags: Queens (New York City), Kidnapping, Court Preliminary, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminals
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State files another request for gag order in George Zimmerman case
State prosecutors have renewed their request for a gag order in the George Zimmerman case, their third effort to muzzle his defense team. Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda filed his motion Thursday, stating that Zimmerman's defense team...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Court Preliminary, Justice System, Lawyers
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Wicked Witch acquitted in mock trial at Lauderdale school
Ding, dong, the witch is not guilty. Because because because because becaaaaause… she's insane. That was the verdict reached by a jury of students after a mock trial using the plot of "Oz the Great and Powerful" as the basis of an attempted...
Tags: The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lawyers, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Police rescue New York man, held captive for a month in warehouse
ReutersBy Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Police rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, authorities said. Acting...Tags: Kidnapping, Crime, Law and Justice, Court Preliminary, New York City, Justice System
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Mexican drug cartel commander pleads guilty in 2011 ambush
WASHINGTON — A top Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in the 2011 ambush attack south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and three other defendants also admitted their...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mexico, Los Zetas Cartel, Organized Crime, Fluoride
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Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown
ReutersHAVANA (Reuters) - The trial of a Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials began on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption. The closed trial of 53-year-old Sarkis Yacoubian,...Tags: Police Arrests, Companies and Corporations, Raul Castro, Havana (Cuba), Court Preliminary
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Judge orders Goodman to remain on house arrest
John Goodman won a new trial, but he didn't win his freedom. The polo magnate will mostly stay confined to his Wellington mansion after a judge Wednesday refused to end his house arrest and remove his ankle monitor. But Goodman is getting a few breaks:...
Tags: Police Arrests, Wellington, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law
ReutersBy Keith Coffman DENVER, May 23 (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid...Tags: Laws, Criminal Laws, Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment
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U.S. judge rejects plea from men who sought to join al Qaeda affiliate
ReutersBy David Jones NEWARK, May 21 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to overturn the prison sentences of two New Jersey men convicted on terrorism charges, rejecting the argument that the decision was tainted by the Boston Marathon bombing....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Al-Qaeda, Judges, Court Preliminary, Boston Marathon
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Bell faces 'fiscal crisis' after corruption scandal, audit finds
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Three years after a massive corruption scandal, Bell's finances have worsen considerably and the city doesn't have the money to refund millions of dollars in taxes illegally levied on residents, according to a state audit released Wednesday. Bell...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Crime, Law and Justice, Bell City Council, City of Bell Public Corruption Scandal, Justice System
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