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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: Abortion, Kermit Gosnell, Laws, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Authorities finish roundup of all the Cash Out Boyz
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- A South Bend police officer investigating robberies was scouring social media sites for connections among suspects back in 2011. A name new to law enforcement at the time emerged from her research: the Cash Out Boyz. Almost simultaneously,...Tags: Laws, Prosecution, Gang Activity, Witnesses, Lawyers
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Pa. abortion trial: Assistant gave anesthesia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman trained only as a medical assistant told jurors Wednesday that she gave anesthesia, set dosing amounts and performed ultrasounds when she worked at a now-shuttered abortion clinic whose owner is charged with killing a...Tags: Abortion, Kermit Gosnell, Laws, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Group pressures Donnelly, Coats on universal background checks on gun buys
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND – A progressive public policy and research organization on Wednesday called on the state's two U.S. senators, Democrat Joe Donnelly and Republican Dan Coats, to support "common sense" reforms aimed at curbing gun violence in America,...Tags: Gun Control, Laws, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Dan Coats, Interior Policy
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New judge to hear 2010 Kosciusko County juvenile murder case
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana judge who sent a then 12-year-old Kosciusko County boy to adult court where he received a 25-year sentence for helping a friend kill his stepfather won't preside over a second hearing to determine if he should be tried...
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Defense seeks dismissal of Ind. fetal murder case
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A lawyer for a woman charged with murdering her infant because she ate rat poison while pregnant says records clearly show that the Indiana law she's charged under was only meant to apply to people who attack pregnant women,...
Tags: Belief and Faith, Religion and Belief, Laws, Prosecution, Lawyers
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More gun laws = fewer deaths, 50-state study says
CHICAGO (AP) — It's a study everyone is talking about today because the statistics are so dramatic: States with the most gun control laws have a 42 percent lower gun death rate than states with the least number of gun control laws, according to a...
Tags: Gun Control, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of California, Davis, Daniel Webster, Laws
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Boy charged in Kosciusko County killing to get new hearing
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A Kosciusko County boy convicted in adult court at age 12 in the killing of a friend's stepfather will get a second chance to be tried in juvenile court. A Kosciusko (kahs-ee-AHS'-koh) County court judge sentenced Paul Henry...
Tags: Laws, Juvenile Delinquency, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Indiana bill targets video 'vigilantes'
INDIANAPOLIS — Which side do you support – animal rights or property rights? A bill that would make it a crime to take photographs or shoot footage without permission inside Indiana farms and businesses has advanced in the Legislature, pitting...
Tags: Mike Young, Laws, Prosecution, Humane Society of the United States, Services and Shopping
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Prosecutor seeking life sentences in deadly Indy blast
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marion County's prosecutor says he'll seek life sentences without parole if three people charged in a deadly Indianapolis house explosion are convicted in that case. Prosecutor Terry Curry announced Monday he had decided not to...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Richmond Hill, Laws, Explosions, Prosecution
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Kosciusko County boy urges court to allow new juvenile trial
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A northern Indiana boy convicted in adult court at age 12 in the killing of a friend's stepfather should not be denied a new trial just because he signed a plea agreement, his lawyer says in documents filed with the state Supreme...
Tags: Judges, Prisons, Court Preliminary, Laws, Trials
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Judge opens door for Michigan juvenile lifers
DETROIT (AP) — All Michigan inmates serving no-parole sentences for murder committed as juveniles are entitled to a chance at release, a judge said Wednesday, declaring that a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision applies retroactively. The...Tags: Prisons, Laws, Lawyers, Juvenile Delinquency, Punishment
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