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Federal report documents inmate sex abuse highest at Indy jail
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at U.S. jails and...
Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Justice, Sex Crimes, Sexual Misconduct, Prisons
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NW Ind. woman pleads guilty in molestation of toddler
VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana woman has pleaded guilty to molesting a 2-year-old boy and sending photographs to her boyfriend. Twenty-three-year-old Tara Tryon would be sentenced to 10 years in prison if a Porter County judge...Tags: Sex Crimes, Court Preliminary, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Travis sues to block DWI patrol car video release
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Country star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas. The Austin American-Statesman (http://bit.ly/108QQ5x ) reported Thursday that...Tags: Litigation, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Punishment
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Ex-FBI agent strikes child porn plea deal in Ind.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A former FBI agent who was involved in the investigations of the Oklahoma City bombing and "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski has petitioned to plead guilty to charges of possessing and distributing child pornography. U.S. Attorney...Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, Punishment
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Dying man's eye blinks lead to Ohio murder verdict
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio man was found guilty Thursday of fatally shooting a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while paralyzed and hooked up to a ventilator. A jury convicted Ricardo Woods, 35, of murder and...
Tags: Shootings, Prosecution, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Big bill in the case of pointy heel, lost eye
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan appeals court says a woman must pay $126,000 to another woman who lost an eye after being struck with a stiletto heel in Bay City. The court this week agreed with a Bay County judge who said Rebekah Lloyd is...
Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Police: 2nd suspect arrested in New Orleans parade shooting
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day, police said Thursday afternoon. Shawn Scott, 24, was arrested Thursday, police Chief Ronal Serpas said. He is the brother...Tags: Arts and Culture, Police Arrests, Firearms, Prosecution, Witnesses
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Pa. abortion doctor gets third life sentence
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia doctor was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby that he described as so big it could "walk to the bus." Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted this week of first-degree murder in the...
Tags: Criminal Laws, Prosecution, Kermit Gosnell, Prescription Drugs, Social Issues
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Dems, GOP raise concerns over subpoenas to AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman...Tags: Freedom of the Press, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice and Rights, Politics, Barack Obama
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Judge sentences Wash. inmate to death for killing guard in prison chapel
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state judge has sentenced an inmate to death for killing a state corrections officer in a prison chapel two years ago. Byron Scherf is a convicted rapist who already was serving life in prison when he attacked...Tags: Radio, Judges, Entertainment, Prosecution, Prisons
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Jurors find Jodi Arias eligible for death penalty
PHOENIX (AP) — The same jury that convicted Jodi Arias of murder one week ago took less than three hours Wednesday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death penalty in the stabbing death of her one-time lover. The swift...
Tags: Prosecution, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Punishment
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Obama says IRS commissioner has resigned amid scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party...Tags: Justice and Rights, Politics, Media Industry, Barack Obama, White House
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