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At least 24 men wrongly convicted or arrested on bite evidence exonerated
At least 24 men convicted or arrested based largely on murky bite-mark evidence have been exonerated by DNA testing, had charges dropped or otherwise been proved not guilty. Many spent more than a decade in prison, and one man was behind bars for more...
Tags: Beach Park, Crimes, Prisons, Biotechnology Industry, Theft
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UPDATE: New review for deaths of mom, 2 kids in Ind. creek
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana prosecutor has decided to have a grand jury review the deaths of a woman and her two young children whose nude bodies were found in a shallow creek in March. The move by Floyd County Prosecutor Keith...
Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, Witnesses, Police Investigations, Hypothermia
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Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader found in US
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The revelation that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who know 94-year-old Michael Karkoc. World War II survivors in both the U.S....Tags: Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ukraine, Library of Congress, Russia
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Gun control activists lobby Indiana lawmakers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana gun control supporters are lobbying the state's federal lawmakers to support background checks for gun buyers. Gun control supporters say six months after the Newtown, Conn., school shootings responses in Washington...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Interior Policy, Politics, Gun Control, Lobbying
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School firearm threat a bad idea, but Dowagiac teen avoids prison term
South Bend TribuneCASSOPOLIS — A Dowagiac teenager found out the hard way today in Cass County Circuit Court that it’s not a good idea to threaten someone with a firearm, particularly in school. It wasn’t a good idea either that Joshua Clark, 18, had...Tags: Punishment, Mental Health, Crimes, Heroin, Prisons
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2 Ind. men have 1st court hearing in woman's death
BLOOMFIELD, Ind. (AP) — The father of one of two southwestern Indiana men accused of killing a 19-year-old woman and dumping her body in a remote lake said anyone who knows his son knows he couldn't have done it. "I swear to God. If I would have...
Tags: Judges, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Appeal denied for Mishawaka man convicted of killing his ex-wife
The Indiana Court of Appeals has denied the appeal of a Mishawaka man convicted of killing his ex-wife, affirming the decision of the judge at trial to allow testimony from the medical examiner that said the woman’s death was a homicide, despite a...
Tags: Judges, Murder, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Former KKK leader Jeffery Berry dies at age 60
CHICAGO (AP) — Jeffery Lynn Berry, who as leader of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan led marches on town squares that cost municipalities thousands of dollars in security costs, has died at age 60. Berry died May 31 from lung cancer at...Tags: DeKalb, Lung Cancer, Oak Lawn, Judges, Punishment
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Man gets life for Saginaw-area poker game murder
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing the host of a Saginaw-area poker game last year. Saginaw County Circuit Judge James Borchard gave Quintel West the mandatory sentence on...Tags: Judges, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice
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Boehner: Congress can do immigration this year
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Senate ready to cast the first floor votes on a landmark immigration bill, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday he thinks there's a good chance the legislation can be signed into law "by the end of the year." Ahead of...
Tags: Elections, Chuck Grassley, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics, John Boehner
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Doctor gets 9 months for videoing naked wrestlers
MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A judge in western Michigan has sentenced a foot doctor from suburban Chicago to 9 months in jail for covertly videotaping members of a community college wrestling team while they showered. Dr. Ninos D. Jando of Skokie, Ill....Tags: Judges, Punishment, Skokie, Wrestling, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lawsuit says Michigan cemetery made burial mistake
KALAMZOO, Mich. (AP) — A mix-up at a southwestern Michigan cemetery led a couple to be buried apart instead of under a headstone inscribed with the words "Together For Ever," according to a lawsuit seeking $10 million in damages. The lawsuit filed...Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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