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Criminal Justice System

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Central City Business Association manager Paul Lonsdale said the music had helped residents and retailers reclaim the mall. "It is much more pleasant now. People sit in that area now because they feel safer," Lonsdale told the Christchurch Press n

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The Agitator

Last week, Missouri Circuit Court Judge Judge Warren McElwain declared Dale Helmig innocent of killing his mother in 1993. Helmig was convicted in 1996. In his ruling, McElwain declared Helmig to be “the victim of a fundamental miscarriage of justic

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AP

A state appeals court reversed a woman's murder conviction in her baby daughter's burning death in a microwave oven. There was prosecutorial misconduct and the trial court erred in not allowing a material witness to testify in China Arnold's defense

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AP

Jailers regularly use stun guns to “soften up” inmates who pose no threat and often use the guns on inmates who are disabled, pregnant or under the influence of drugs, and to shock naked and restrained prisoners and to punish inmates for routine rule

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AP

A Pakistani-born Virginia man was arrested Wednesday and accused of casing Washington-area subway stations in what he thought was an al-Qaida plot to bomb and kill commuters. The bombing plot was a ruse conducted over the past six months, the FBI sai

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AP

The Mothers Behind Bars report explores the egregious practice of shackling women during childbirth and other important issues affecting pregnant and parenting women—the vast majority of whom are non-violent, first-time offenders.

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Simple Justice

Recently, the issue of non-unanimous verdicts was under discussion, with the question asked but not answered as to why Oregon and the military have chosen to accept a less than unanimous verdict as sufficient to convict in a criminal case. In Apodac

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Reuters

A federal jury found four men guilty of placing explosives outside New York synagogues and plotting to shoot down military aircraft. Defense lawyers said their clients were improperly lured into the case by an overzealous paid government informant an

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NY Times

It was not the kind of crime to cause a stir. No one was hurt and $11 was taken. Jamie was 21 at the time and Gladys 19. What happened to them takes your breath away. They were convicted and handed the most draconian sentences imaginable

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AP

A soldier who recorded the terror of last year’s deadly shooting rampage in Fort Hood using his cell phone was ordered by an officer to delete both videos. The footage could have been vital evidence at the military hearing to decide if Maj. Nidal Has

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AP

The government's most comprehensive crime survey shows violent and property crimes continue to decrease last year even as the nation's economy slumped, confirming an earlier FBI report. The National Crime Victimization study showed violent and pr

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Capitol Media Services

Citing evidence of "inedible'' food, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected efforts by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to escape an order that he serve meals that meet federal dietary guidelines. In an unsigned ruling Wednesday, the judges s

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AP

A federal class-action lawsuit claims a teenage inmate was sexually abused at a youth offender facility where other juveniles were forced to go hungry, endure hot and moldy conditions, and sleep on the floor. A 15-year-old boy who had been held there

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