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Justices rule U.S. courts not world forum for human rights suits
WASHINGTON— U.S. courts will not be the world forum for lawsuits brought by victims of human rights abuses abroad who seek damages from multinational corporations or deposed tyrants, the Supreme Court declared Wednesday. In a decision welcomed...
Tags: Trials, Civil Rights, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, U.S. Congress
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2nd man charged in store robbery caught on video
Tribune reporterA man suspected of shooting a Logan Square store owner in an attempted robbery caught on video last week was ordered held without bail today, officials said. Keith Owens, 51, appeared in bond court this afternoon charged with attempted murder and...Tags: Trials, Cook County Government, Punishment, Murder, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
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Prosecutor can't show accused cannibal criminally responsible
Harford County's top prosecutor said Wednesday that he does not have enough evidence to show that Alexander Kinyua is criminally responsible for killing a family friend and eating his organs last year. A state psychiatric hospital previously found that...
Tags: Psychiatry, Trials, Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, Mental Illness, Murder
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Supreme Court blocks overseas human rights cases from U.S. courts
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has declared that American courts will not be the world’s forum for deciding suits alleging human rights abuses by corporations and foreign tyrants on foreign soil. In a 9-0 decision, the high court tossed...Tags: Civil Rights, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, U.S. Congress, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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Texas prosecutor slayings: Wife of ex-official charged with murder
The wife of a former justice of the peace was charged Wednesday with capital murder in connection with the slayings of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant district attorney, a law enforcement official said. The overnight arrest of...
Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Mark Hasse
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L.A. County closes probe into West Hollywood official's spending habits
Los Angeles County prosecutors have closed an investigation into the spending habits of West Hollywood Councilman John Duran, whose charges on a city-issued credit card were the focus of a nearly two-year probe. Deputy Dist. Atty. Max Huntsman said...
Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Credit and Debt, Lawyers, Justice System
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FAU study: Homicide top cause of death for young black men
Homicide is far and away the leading cause of death for young black men, more than car accidents, suicide and diseases combined, according to an article co-authored by a Florida Atlantic University physician. Broward County fares well compared to other...
Tags: Palm Beach County, Broward County, Personal Weapon Control, Motorvehicle Accidents, Murder
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Man acquitted of felony murder gets prison for assault
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comA man found guilty of unlawful assault in the March 2011 shooting death of a man at a Martinsburg-area apartment building was sentenced Monday in Berkeley County Circuit Court to at least two years in prison. Jonathan Frederick Bennett, 41, of...Tags: Trials, Punishment, Murder, Lawyers, Cocaine
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Prison homicides highlight futility of new gun laws
I noticed with all the gun control talk and various politicians knocking each other over for the microphone to create a new law to save lives, those same politicians failed to do the same for the seven inmate deaths in the last seven months ("Senate gives...Tags: Laws, Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Annapolis
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Syria amnesty could free up to 7,000 inmates
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad issued an order Tuesday freeing up to 7,000 prison inmates, but it was not clear whether the decree would apply to any of those jailed for participation in the rebellion that is seeking to overthrow his regime....
Tags: Bashar Assad, Punishment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Politics
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Officer who put camera in Glen Burnie High bathroom won't be charged
Anne Arundel County police said Tuesday that no criminal charges will be filed against an officer who placed a camera in a boys' restroom at Glen Burnie High School. But the officer involved in the incident, who was not identified, remains on...
Tags: Criminals, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Police Investigations, Glen Burnie
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UPDATE: New River Valley Mall shooting suspect bought 12-gauge shotgun legally
Neil MacInnis, the teenager accused of opening fire Friday at the New River Valley Mall in Christiansburg, was taken into custody with a 12-gauge shotgun that he legally purchased two days before the shooting, investigators say. MacInnis wounded two...
Tags: Trials, Colleges and Universities, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Police Investigations, Rental Service
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