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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, Government, Laws, Prosecution, Prisons
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Trial date set in South Bend cold case
The following release was issued by the St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday: St. Joseph County – On March 1, 2013, the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s office charged James Stewart with Murder for the 1999 death of Christopher...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Shootings, Justice System, Lawyers, Prosecution
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Probation ordered in Niles 'sextortion' case
South Bend TribuneNILES — The last of five Niles teenagers accused of what some have called “sextortion’’ received a probation sentence today in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles. Although Judge Scott Schofield and Berrien Assistant Prosecutor...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Justice System, Judges, Prosecution, Prisons
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Ohio Amish face unfamiliar life in federal prison
CLEVELAND (AP) — Sixteen Amish men and women who have lived rural, self-sufficient lives surrounded by extended family and with little outside contact are facing regimented routines in a federal prison system where almost half of inmates are...
Tags: Justice System, Amish, Prosecution, Prisons, Judaism
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Ohio executes man who fatally shot security guard
LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Ohio on Wednesday executed a man who fatally shot an adult bookstore security guard in 1994 at the end of a multistate crime rampage as witnesses of a second slaying victim of that rampage looked on intently. Frederick...
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Cass County pair will pay for cemetery vandalism
CASSOPOLIS — A Marcellus man and Dowagiac teenager were sentenced today in Cass County Circuit Court to probation, jail time and community service for their destruction of tombstones and monuments at Dowagiac’s Riverside Cemetery. But that...
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Utah trooper accused of making bogus DUI arrests
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — During her 10 years as a Utah state trooper, Lisa Steed built a reputation as an officer with a knack for nabbing drunken motorists in a state with a long tradition of teetotaling and some of the nation's strictest liquor laws....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Police Arrests, Drunk Driving, Laws
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Two hospitalized, one arrested in stabbing near Warsaw
Kosciusko County police found one man stabbed 14 times and another lying in a nearby ditch with a head contusion and broken leg last night north of Warsaw. They've arrested a 25-year-old suspect. The following release was issued by the Kosciusko...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Hospitals and Clinics, Broken Leg, Lawyers
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Most Ohio Amish appeal beard-cutting convictions
CLEVELAND (AP) — Amish convicted in hair- and beard-cutting hate crime attacks on fellow members of their faith in Ohio are lining up to appeal their convictions. By Tuesday, 10 of 16 defendants sentenced Feb. 8 in Cleveland federal court had...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Amish, Prosecution, Punishment
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Chicago area resident, 19, charged in South Bend slaying on Lombardy
Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND — When Cornelius Miller answered his front door just after 2 a.m. on Nov. 30, he was greeted by gunfire. The 20-year-old took a bullet in his back and arm and died minutes later at the home at 518 S. Lombardy Drive. Prosecutors have now...Tags: Justice System, Juvenile Delinquency, Prosecution, Crimes, Trials
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Board rejects mercy for condemned Ohio killer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Parole Board on Friday rejected a plea for mercy by a condemned man who fatally shot an adult bookstore security guard at the end of a multistate crime spree. Frederick Treesh, sentenced to die for killing Henry...Tags: Shootings, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, John Kasich, Lawyers
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Ohio Amish beard-cutting ringleader gets 15 years
CLEVELAND (AP) — Denying he ran an Amish cult, the 67-year-old ringleader of hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow members of his faith in Ohio was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, while family members convicted of carrying out his orders...Tags: Religion and Belief, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Amish
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