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Slate Belt sex offender gets life sentence
Questioned by police who were investigating whether he had sex with a 13-year-old girl after tying her up in a basement, the Slate Belt man offered what was a surprisingly cold response. She wanted it, Thomas J. Ceraul Sr. told police. Now convicted and...Tags: Punishment, Sex Crimes, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Justice System, Judges
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Court upholds conviction in Easton's 13th Street gang murders
A prosecutor's assertion that Demar J. Edwards is guilty of murdering three people in Easton whether he pulled a trigger or merely stood nearby did not deprive him of a fair trial, judges on a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. The Superior Court...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Trials, Justice System, Murder
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US spy programs raise ire both home and abroad
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration faced fresh anger Monday at home and abroad over U.S. spy programs that track phone and Internet messages around the world in the hope of thwarting terrorist threats. But a senior intelligence official said...
Tags: Susan Collins, Angus King, Politics, Angela Merkel, National Security Agency
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DNA court ruling
Modern DNA analysis has been a godsend to the criminal justice system. By making it possible to identify individuals who leave behind biological material at crime scenes, it allows police and prosecutors to accurately implicate the guilty, particularly in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests, Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry, Murder
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Manson and 'Night Stalker' murderers and California justice
By Patt MorrisonThe cases of two convicted murderers, within the space of 48 hours, made it clear that California’s handling of capital cases may need a wee bit of tweaking. On Friday, death row inmate Richard Ramirez died. He was the notorious "Night Stalker,"...Tags: Punishment, Criminals, Murder, Politics, Prisons
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State laws varied on gun, abortion laws
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court says women in America can terminate a pregnancy and that every citizen has an individual right to own a firearm, but those rulings have done little to settle political arguments over abortion and guns....
Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Feminism, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Interior Policy, Gays and Lesbians
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Quinn has a full desk of legislative decisions
— State lawmakers failed to pass pension reform, gambling expansion and gay marriage during the spring session, but they did send the governor bills to require video recording of interrogations of serious crimes and bar child sex offenders from...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Illinois Governor, Politics, House Building, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Trial to begin in Trayvon Martin case
SANFORD, Fla. — When pastors, parishioners and the parents of slain teenager Trayvon Martin gathered in church recently to remember him, the mood differed from one that had prevailed at such vigils 15 months ago, when anger and sadness drove...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Murder, Mark O'Mara, Lawyers
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Post-conviction proceedings denied for man convicted in death of night watchman
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA man convicted of murdering a night watchman at a Hagerstown business nearly four decades ago was denied a hearing to have his conviction overturned. On Friday, Washington County Circuit Court Judge M. Kenneth Long Jr. signed a court order to deny...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Trials, Justice System, Judges
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Man accused of shooting at Martinsburg Fourth of July event is found guilty of weapons charge
A man accused of shooting another man and an 8-year-old girl at Martinsburg’s Fourth of July celebration last year was found guilty by a Berkeley County jury Wednesday of felony possession of a firearm. Daniel Herbert, 28, who is incarcerated,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Shootings, Prisons, Crimes
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High rate of sexual assault at Joliet youth prison, survey finds
More than 1 in 5 juveniles at a now-defunct Joliet youth prison reported being victims of sexual assault, one of the highest rates in the country, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice. Survey results said 21 percent...Tags: Punishment, Sex Crimes, Justice System, Illinois Governor, Sushi and Sashimi
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Multiple suspects picked up at Calexico port of entry
Staff WriterTwo men wanted on suspicion of homicide and a teen suspected of robbery were all arrested at the Calexico downtown Port of Entry earlier this week. Around 11:40 p.m. Saturday, Daniel Valenzuela Rodriguez, a 24-year-old Mexican citizen of Thermal,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Murder, Laws
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