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CNN
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The gunman in the notorious Pamela Smart murder case tearfully apologized to his victim's family Friday as he asked for early release from prison. Gregory Smart's father said he was moved by William Flynn's words -- but not enough to support his release a..
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MSNBC
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Are the terrorist suspects held at the Guantanamo Naval Base more akin to people accused in a criminal case or to German prisoners of war in 1944?
An accused criminal can go to federal court to challenge his imprisonment; a German POW couldn’t.
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www.kxii.com
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One man is in prison after allegedly stabbing the driver he hitched a ride with over the weekend. The victim is recovering, but it's the details of the case that officials say make it unlike any they've ever seen.
Fannin County Sheriff’s Deputies rec..
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SF Gate
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Mychal Bell, the 17-year-old at the center of the controversial "Jena Six" case, was released on $45,000 bail Thursday, a week after 20,000 protesters from across the country rallied in Jena for his release.
"When I first met Mychal, this day seemed li..
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blogs.tampabay.com
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The Hillsborough State Attorney's Office has decided not to drop charges against Mark O'Hara, who was freed from prison after an appeals court said he deserved a new trial.
O'Hara's lawyer, Ira Berman, angrily stormed out of the courthouse after a brie..
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CNN
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The Supreme Court ruled against a former high school student Monday in the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner case -- a split decision that limits students' free speech rights.
Joseph Frederick was 18 when he unveiled the 14-foot paper sign on a public sidewal..
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BBC News
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A former high school student has lost his case in what is the US Supreme Court's first major ruling on students' free speech rights in almost 20 years.
At issue was whether a school principal violated a student's right to free speech by suspending him..
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CBS News
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The local prosecutor who charged three Duke lacrosse players with raping a stripper apologized to the athletes Thursday, acknowledging that the North Carolina attorney general's decision to drop the case was correct.
"To the extent that I made judgment..
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FOX News
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No criminal charges will be filed in the case of Sacramento, Calif., mother of three who died early this year while competing in a water-drinking contest run by a local radio station, FOXNews.com has confirmed.
Sacramento County District Attorney Jan S..
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USA Today
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A high school principal was acting reasonably and in accord with the school's anti-drug mission when she suspended a student for displaying a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner, her lawyer told the Supreme Court Monday.
"The message here is, in fact, critical,..
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Salon
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In a Miami courtroom on Monday morning, defense lawyers for Jose Padilla, the American citizen accused of conspiring with al-Qaida, will argue what could be a landmark motion. Padilla's defense attorneys are asking the presiding judge to dismiss the case..
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Denver Post
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Salt Lake City - Utah Supreme Court justices acknowledged Tuesday that they were struggling to wrap their minds around the concept that a 13-year-old girl could be both an offender and a victim for the same act - in this case, having consensual sex with h..
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SF Gate
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San Francisco prosecutors abandoned a double-murder case Thursday against a 19-year-old Daly City man in connection with a pair of slayings outside a Sunset District pizzeria, saying a key witness now insists authorities have the wrong man.
Matthew Owy..
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MSNBC
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The federal government is asking a U.S. District Court in Vermont to order a man to type a password that would unlock files on his computer, despite his claim that doing so would constitute self-incrimination.
The case, believed to be the first of its..
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MSNBC
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Three young men previously detained as suspects in the 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway were re-arrested Wednesday, the Aruban public prosecutor's office said, citing new evidence in the case.
Holloway disappeared on May 30, 200..
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SF Gate
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Nearly 29 years after the execution-style slayings of three drugstore employees in San Mateo, police officials announced a $75,000 reward today, hoping the cash or someone's conscience will spark new leads in the cold case.
The victims' family members..
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USA Today
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A federal crackdown on corruption involving U.S. contracts in Iraq produced a record number of criminal and administrative cases last month — including the largest bribery case.
The flurry of activity resulted from investigations overseen by a Justic..
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Seattle Pi
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In case I get picked up and taken away under President Bush's Military Commissions Act of October 2006, I want it on record that I am not a terrorist or an enemy combatant, and that the organization I run in Bellingham is not associated with any terrorist..
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Washington Post
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The night before the government secured a guilty plea from the manufacturer of the addictive painkiller OxyContin, a senior Justice Department official called the U.S. attorney handling the case and, at the behest of an executive for the drugmaker, urged..
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FOX News
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The prosecutor in the case of a Liberian native charged with repeatedly raping and molesting a 7-year-old girl said Monday that he is filing an appeal of a controversial judge's ruling that dismissed all charges because an interpreter who spoke the suspec..
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