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Fathers challenge jail sentences for child support
ATLANTA (AP) — A group of fathers in Georgia is targeting the state's practice of putting parents who can't afford to pay child support in jail. The five fathers claim in a lawsuit that jailing parents who can't afford to pay child support...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Punishment, Punishment, Prisons
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Man charged with murder of South Bend woman found in Chicago
Manuel Clemon, the man charged with murdering 42-year-old Deshone Caradine of South Bend, has been apprehended in Chicago, police say.
Prosecutors on Friday formally charged the 44-year-old fugitive with fatally stabbing his longtime girlfriend and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Injuries and Wounds, Chicago Hotels, Murder, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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No charges yet in emu's death
Jean Wolf’s tears have turned to outrage. “I am … I’m angry,” says the owner of Andy — an emu found dead in a rural field outside New Carlisle after it was allegedly beaten to death on her Buchanan farm in the early...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Disasters and Accidents, Facebook, Transportation Accidents, Dog (animal)
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Accused killer of son moves forward with insanity defense
SOUTH BEND — A man charged with killing one son and torturing another will be evaluated by three court-ordered doctors as part of his effort to use an insanity defense.
Today, St. Joseph County Superior Court Judge Jane Woodward Miller appointed...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals, Health and Medical Professionals
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Court victory for Indiana school voucher law
A court in Indianapolis has upheld Indiana's school voucher law, which gives taxpayer money to students who want to attend private school.
Several parents sued the state claiming it was unconstitutional because it benefits religious institutions. But a...Tags: Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Awards and Prizes, Laws
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UPDATE: Magistrate closes Mishawaka High School assault case
SOUTH BEND — A magistrate's ruling Monday closed much of the trial of four Mishawaka High School students to the public, a similar decision that was made last week in the case of two others. On Monday, Magistrate Harold E. Brueseke agreed with a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Prosecution, Prosecution, Juvenile Delinquency
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Four years of probation ordered in child molestation case
South Bend Tribune Staff ReportSOUTH BEND -- More than four years after he was charged with child molesting and sexual misconduct with a minor, a 60-year-old South Bend man was sentenced Wednesday to four years on probation. Kelvin Williams pleaded guilty in December to one count of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Judges, Sex Crimes, Defendants
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UPDATE: Mishawaka man sentenced for third child sex offense
South Bend TribuneA twice-convicted child molester is headed back to prison again after he received a 3-year prison sentence for molesting a 6-year-old boy. Ray Stewart, of Mishawaka, was arrested in August after the boy told his mother about Steward touching the boy&...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Judges, Sex Crimes, Punishment
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Terre Haute man sentenced to 21 years for porn
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A 61-year-old Terre Haute man has been sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing child pornography. The Tribune-Star reports (http://bit.ly/rNY0mc ) that Gregory L. Pope was...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, FBI, Pornography, Punishment
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Indiana Statehouse capacity limit angers Democrats
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A new policy announced Friday that limits how many people can be inside the Indiana Statehouse at any given time has angered Democrats and union officials, who call it an attempt to stymie the public's right to protest...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Parties and Movements, AFL-CIO, Labor Legislation
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Psychologist: S. Ind. man incompetent for trial
MADISON, Ind. (AP) — A psychologist says an 80-year-old southern Indiana man is incompetent to stand trial in the fatal shooting of his daughter's boyfriend. Psychologist Stephanie Callaway's report to a Jefferson County judge says Boyd Wright Jr.'...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Psychologists, Health and Medical Professionals, Health and Medical Professionals
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Ex-priest convicted of raping boy seeks new trial
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Roman Catholic priest William Casey is seeking a new trial on charges in Tennessee that he raped an altar boy in the 1970s. Casey, who is 77, was sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison for his conviction last July...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Sex Crimes
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