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Violence targeted as Indiana Black Expo event begins
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One of the premiere black events in the nation is getting under way in Indianapolis with the city's clergy pressuring street gang leaders to keep the event peaceful. Indiana Black Expo's annual Summer Celebration was set to...Tags: Politics, Juvenile Delinquency, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Indianapolis
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Teacher letter to Arizona lawmaker leads to inquiry
PHOENIX (AP) — A metropolitan Phoenix school district has launched an inquiry into a substitute teacher who wrote a letter that portrayed Hispanic students in a harsh light and was read aloud last week at the Arizona Legislature during a debate on...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration, Arizona, Elections, Minority Groups
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California juror ordered to turn over Facebook posts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has ordered a juror to turn over Facebook messages he posted during the trial of several alleged gang members. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny said Friday that Arturo Ramirez could face...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Crimes, Lawyers, Justice System
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South Bend teen fully admits guilt in throat-slicing case
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND — Shawn Alexander, a 16-year-old South Bend boy accused of slicing the throats of two other teens last fall, pleaded guilty today to four felony charges. His sentencing is scheduled for 11 a.m., July 26. The terms of his plea agreement...Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Throat, Crimes, Court Preliminary
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U.K. court: School's ban on cornrows discriminatory
LONDON (AP) — Britain's High Court has ruled that a high school's ban on the cornrow hairstyle led to racial discrimination and must be changed. St. Gregory's Catholic Science College in London requires male pupils to wear a short "traditional...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Racism, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Discrimination
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Throat-slicing defendant waffles on plea in South Bend
SOUTH BEND — A South Bend teenager accused of attempted murder backed out of a plea agreement at the last minute this morning.
Sixteen-year-old Shawn Alexander Jr. faces two counts of attempted murder and two counts of attempted robbery stemming...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Juvenile Delinquency, Judges, Prosecution
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L.A. jail killer testifies about remorse, avoids death penalty
In the end, it was Heriberto Eddie Rodriguez's own words that saved his life. The prosecutor seeking his execution said Rodriguez's violent attacks against at least half a dozen Los Angeles County jail inmates, including one assault in which he beat and...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Punishment, Gun Control
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Confessed killer says did not dictate deal to turn on 'Whitey' Bulger
ReutersBOSTON (Reuters) - An altar-boy-turned-gang-enforcer told jurors at the trial of accused mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger on Wednesday that he did not set the terms of a deal with prosecutors allowing him to serve just 12 years in prison for 20 murders in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Lawyers, Prosecution, Justice System
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Gang crime threatens the future of Congo's capital
ReutersKINSHASA (Reuters) - Once the leafy art-deco jewel of the Belgian Congo and later the buzzing cultural heart of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko's Zaire, Kinshasa has become a playground for violent gangs sowing fear and transforming swathes of the city into...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Congo, United Nations, Joseph Kabila, UNICEF
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Oak Park, La Grange police blotter: June 19
The following items were taken from police reports. La Grange •A bike was reported stolen at the train depot at 25 W. Burlington Ave. on June 14. •A customer at The Runner's Sole, at 5 S. La Grange Road, asked a clerk "if he was gay and...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Apple iPad, Apple iPod
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Suspected fugitive gang member faces charges in 1999 O.C. shootout
A suspected fugitive gang member who had been living in Virginia is now facing charges in the 1999 killing of a 16-year-old gang member during a drive-by shootout with rivals in Orange County, prosecutors said. Ca Van Le, 32, is set to be arraigned...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lawyers, Prosecution, Murder
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Jury weighs death penalty for Men's Central Jail killer
Heriberto Eddie Rodriguez was far from a model inmate. Two months after arriving at the Men's Central Jail, authorities say, the San Fernando Valley gang member beat and kicked his cellmate as he lay on the ground — then forced him to sleep...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Los Angeles Police Department, Justice System, Lawyers, Punishment
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