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Prosecutors seek to drop earlier Bulger charges
Criminal Law 06/30/2011Federal prosecutors moved Tuesday to dismiss a 1994 racketeering indictment against mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger to focus on a later indictment that charged the newly captured fugitive of participating in 19 murders.But U.S. District Judge Mark Wol...
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2 year sentence for convicted Hilton trespasser
Criminal Law 06/30/2011A man convicted of attempting to burglarize Paris Hilton's home has been sentenced to two years in state prison.City News Service reported that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Kellogg also recommended during Wednesday's hearing that Nathan L...
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Pa. man found guilty of killing 3 Pittsburgh cops
Criminal Law 06/26/2011A Pennsylvania man was found guilty Saturday in the 2009 killings of three Pittsburgh police officers who responded to his mother's 911 call about an escalating argument.The jury deliberated for just over three hours before returning the verdict agai...
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Navy subcontractor pleads guilty in bribe case
Criminal Law 06/20/2011A Navy subcontractor pleaded guilty Friday in Rhode Island for his part in what federal prosecutors say was a kickback scheme that cost the Navy millions of dollars.Russell Spencer's plea was part of an agreement with prosecutors in which he promised...
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NY top court rejects online defamation suit
Criminal Law 06/14/2011New York's top court has rejected a real estate broker's defamation claim against a rival business over anonymous comments posted on its website saying the broker mistreated agents, failed to pay bills and was racist and anti-Semitic. The Court of Ap...
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Woman faces prison in Calif.-to-Ohio pot scheme
Criminal Law 06/10/2011A California woman who initially claimed ignorance about the contents of multiple suitcases she was bringing to Ohio faces up to 10 years in prison Friday when she is sentenced in a $3 million marijuana shipping scheme.After her arrest in in June 201...
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Ex-IMF leader pleads not guilty to sex assault
Criminal Law 06/06/2011The former International Monetary Fund head charged with trying to rape a Manhattan hotel maid formally said he was innocent of the charges Monday in his first court appearance in the case in two weeks.Dominique Strauss-Kahn pleaded not guilty in a s...
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New charges against driver in fatal Va. bus crash
Criminal Law 06/03/2011The driver of a low-cost interstate bus service was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter Friday following a brief court appearance on another charge stemming from this week's crash in Virginia that killed four passengers and injured d...
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Convicted Texas killer executed: 'I am at peace'
Criminal Law 06/02/2011Convicted killer Gayland Bradford was executed Wednesday for the $7 robbery-slaying of a Dallas grocery store security guard almost 23 years ago.In a final statement, Bradford, 42, thanked friends for being with him "through thick and thin.""I am at ...
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Court: Sex-offender list is not cruel punishment
Criminal Law 05/30/2011The Michigan appeals court has overturned a Washtenaw County judge and said a young man who committed sexual misconduct at school must be on the state's sex-offender list. Judge Darlene O'Brien said registration in the case was cruel punishment that ...
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Giffords shooting suspect in court over competency
Criminal Law 05/25/2011The suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords appears in court Wednesday for a hearing to determine whether he is mentally competent to stand trial and assist in his defense. Jared Lee Loughner spent five weeks ...
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Fifth Somali guilty plea entered in piracy trial
Criminal Law 05/25/2011Two more Somali men pleaded guilty on Monday to piracy for their roles in the hijacking of a yacht that left four Americans dead, including one who identified which of the 19 men fired at hostages aboard the boat.Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf and Jilani Ab...