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2012/05/25 06:50
2012/05/25 06:50
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Stand your ground law: Public debate is healthy
If there is anything positive that can come out of the tragic circumstances of the Trayvon Martin death and the 20-year sentence to Marissa Alexander, it is all the public interest in the criminal...
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2012/05/24 14:21
2012/05/24 14:21
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Woman Found Guilty In Crash That Killed 2
NEW CASTLE, Ind. -- A New Castle woman has been found guilty but mentally ill in a crash that killed a young couple last year.Jurors deliberated for about an hour Wednesday before convicting Samie E....
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2012/05/24 09:22
2012/05/24 09:22
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Rep. Jim Crawford cleared in ethics probe
The Ethics Commission concluded that Crawford did not violate the Ethics Act or break any law it has jurisdiction over. The notice of dismissal dated May 22 said that the House chamber is open to the...
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Ethics Commission
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State Board of Elections
Craig Jarvis
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2012/05/24 09:08
2012/05/24 09:08
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Accused in Yishun triple murder case 'not of an u...
Despite having a psychiatric disorder, the man accused of killing his lover and two other women in Singapore had some self-control when he committed the act, a psychiatrist said before a court on...
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2012/05/23 23:18
2012/05/23 23:18
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California MMA fighter to stand trial in slaying
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a mixed-martial artist is mentally competent to stand trial on charges that he murdered and mutilated his friend in far Northern California. Wyatt is...
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2012/05/23 21:04
2012/05/23 21:04
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Assembly approves bill on use of force
Cape Town - The National Assembly approved the Criminal Procedure Act amendment bill on Wednesday without dissent. The bill provides guidelines on why and how force, and deadly force, may be used to...
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2012/05/23 14:52
2012/05/23 14:52
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Group asks KS to drop 'stand-your-ground' law
A coalition opposed to "stand-your-ground" laws Tuesday recommended Kansas lawmakers abandon statutes that strengthened a person's right to use deadly force if they felt threatened. Ginny Simmons,...
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2012/05/22 23:12
2012/05/22 23:12
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Woman once convicted of hospital murder to stand ...
Rhonda Stewart will soon stand trial for the second time, but not as soon as she thought. Stewart's trial date has been moved from June 4th to October 9th. Kanawha County's Prosecuting attorney said...
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2012/05/22 21:42
2012/05/22 21:42
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Serial stabbings suspect guilty of murder in Mich.
Jurors rejected the insanity defense put forth for Elias Abuelazam, finding him guilty of stabbing 49-year-old Arnold Minor in August 2010 and leaving him to bleed to death after midnight on a Flint...
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2012/05/21 22:33
2012/05/21 22:33
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Oregon man accused in slaying of his caseworker
An Oregon man who once pleaded guilty to attempted murder and is suspected of stabbing his mental health caseworker to death during a home visit remained in a Portland hospital's intensive care unit...
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2012/05/21 14:59
2012/05/21 14:59
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Man claims justifiable homicide in May 2010 death
OPELOUSAS � A staff sergeant with the U.S. Air Force plans to claim justifiable homicide when he stands trial next month for manslaughter in the May 2010 shooting death of his wife's...
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2012/05/20 19:23
2012/05/20 19:23
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Trial Scheduled for Man Accused in Death of Nebra...
A trial has been scheduled for September for a Bartley man accused of killing a 14-year-old McCook girl. Records files in Red Willow County District Court show the trial for 20-year-old Stathis...
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KOLN Lincoln
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2012/05/19 23:09
2012/05/19 23:09
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Smith: Battered Women Not Protected by Stand Your...
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, May 18, 2012 Incoming Senate Democratic Leader Chris Smith ratcheted up criticism of Florida's "stand your ground" law Friday, pointing to a loophole that could endanger...
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2012/05/19 16:46
2012/05/19 16:46
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As Flint serial stabbings case winds down, insani...
FLINT -- Closing arguments are set for Tuesday in the case against Elias Abuelazam, who is charged with murder in the stabbing death of Arnold Minor -- the first trial from a deadly series of...
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2012/05/19 03:04
2012/05/19 03:04
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Murder suspect files insanity, mental incompetenc...
A man facing murder charges in the fatal shooting of his sister-in-law last August has filed an insanity and mental incompetency plea in his case, Muscogee County Superior Court records state. Lonnie...
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Moore
Bill Mason
Holly Hearn
Muscogee County Superior Court
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2012/05/18 13:12
2012/05/18 13:12
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Killer Of Wesleyan Student To Appear Before Psych...
Stephen Morgan, acquitted by reason of insanity in the killing of Wesleyan studentJohanna Justin-Jinich, is scheduled to make his first appearance today before the state's Psychiatric Security Review...
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Hartford Courant
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2012/05/18 06:15
2012/05/18 06:15
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Assistant DA says he opposes Castle Doctrine
Texas' “Castle Doctrine” allows residents to use deadly force to protect themselves from attackers in the home, with no duty to retreat. But a top prosecutor in Bexar County opposes the doctrine and...
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Cliff Herberg
Albert Kauffman
Houston
San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists
San Antonio Association of Black Journalists
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2012/05/18 03:12
2012/05/18 03:12
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'Stand Your Ground' Law Repeal Proposed
It's called the "Stand Your Ground" law. More than a dozen Michigan lawmakers want to get rid of it. They're afraid that the current law will lead to vigilante justice. More than 24 states, including...
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Tim Bledsoe
Detroit police
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Trayvon Martin
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2012/05/17 23:59
2012/05/17 23:59
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In wake of Trayvon Martin shooting, Democrats say...
LANSING, MI - In the wake of the high-profile shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Florida, a group of Michigan Democrats wants to repeal the state’s “stand your ground” self-defense law. Self-defense...
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2012/05/17 17:41
2012/05/17 17:41
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No charges for man who shot, killed intruder
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A St. Louis resident will not face charges in the shooting death of an intruder. Authorities say 38-year-old Jerome Burse and a second man broke into a home Wednesday afternoon and...
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