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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: Justice System, American Civil Liberties Union, Crime, Law and Justice, Sexual Misconduct, Washington, DC
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Cancer, rape fraud case bowls over Michigan community
LEXINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Carol Connell remembers well the gift she gave Sara Ylen, a friend seemingly forced to bear too much misery. Ylen, a Michigan mother of two young boys, said she was battling cancer just a few years after a man was convicted...Tags: Auction Service, Symptoms, Punishment, Trials, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
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90-year sentence issued following Webb retrial
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- During the last few seconds of her life, Cherlyn Reyes was aware she was facing imminent death as she crouched in the bathroom facing a gun, the judge told the court. "Unfortunately, she saw what was coming," St. Joseph Superior Court Judge...Tags: Murder, Justice System, Judges, Punishment, Trials
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Calif. woman hit cop to go to jail to quit smoking
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Think you've heard of every way possible to quit smoking? Etta Mae Lopez came up with a new one: slap a cop so you'll go to jail, where smoking isn't allowed. Lopez smacked Sacramento County sheriff's Deputy Matt Campoy...Tags: Health Treatments, Punishment, Trials, Quitting Smoking
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Suspected scrap metal thief could spend rest of life behind bars
CASSOPOLIS, Mich. – Cass County’s prosecutor says a band of scrap metal thieves was no match for an off-duty police officer. And now, the leader of the band will pay a heavy metal price – up to life in prison. A Circuit Court jury...
Tags: Criminals, Police Investigations, Justice System, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Lawyers, Murder, Justice System, Judges, Punishment
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'Internet Casanova' gets 18 months in prison for theft
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — On the surface, it is a straight-forward theft case, Judge John Marnocha told Raymond Holycross, accused of stealing a camera from his girlfriend and pawning it. “I think there is a little bit more to it,” the St. Joseph...Tags: Justice System, Theft, Judges, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jury convicts Lansing man in toddler's death
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The ex-boyfriend of a Lansing woman has been convicted in the slaying and torture of her 2-year-old son. The Lansing State Journal reports (http://on.lsj.com/18iTs3B ) that an Ingham County Circuit Court jury found 25-year-...Tags: Murder, Abusive Behavior, Justice System, Child Abuse, Crime, Law and Justice
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Woman gets maximum term in NE Ind. police shooting
AUBURN, Ind. (AP) — A judge sentenced a woman to 38 years in prison Monday for her guilty plea in connection with her boyfriend's shooting of a northeastern Indiana deputy town marshal. DeKalb Superior Court Judge Monte Brown sentenced Julie King,...
Tags: Justice System, Shootings, Judges, Methamphetamine (drug), Punishment
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Elkhart man not present when sentenced to 23 years
GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — An Elkhart man who pleaded guilty to felony neglect of a dependent and felony obstruction of justice has been sentenced to 23 years in prison even though he didn't show for the sentencing. The Goshen News reports (http://bit....
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Punishment, Trials, Crimes
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Push continues to fix Mich.'s indigent defense
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Almost five years have passed since a study showed poor criminal defendants are routinely processed through Michigan's justice system without ever speaking to an attorney in violation of the Constitution. It has been nearly a...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Rick Snyder, Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice
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'Boogeyman' home invaders sentenced in Elkhart break-in
Jayzahn Creel and Earl Hogan both received more than 35 years in prison for a home burglary where they pulled a gun. It happened last July at a house on West Jackson Boulevard in Elkhart. Two women and two children were home at the time. Police say at...
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