Recent Updates
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Court: Sex-offender list is not cruel punishment
Criminal Law 05/30/2011The Michigan appeals court has overturned a Washtenaw County judge and said a young man who committed sexual misconduct at school must be on the state's sex-offender list. Judge Darlene O'Brien said registration in the case was cruel punishment that ...
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Giffords shooting suspect in court over competency
Criminal Law 05/25/2011The suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords appears in court Wednesday for a hearing to determine whether he is mentally competent to stand trial and assist in his defense. Jared Lee Loughner spent five weeks ...
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Fifth Somali guilty plea entered in piracy trial
Criminal Law 05/25/2011Two more Somali men pleaded guilty on Monday to piracy for their roles in the hijacking of a yacht that left four Americans dead, including one who identified which of the 19 men fired at hostages aboard the boat.Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf and Jilani Ab...
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OC woman sentenced for embezzlement
Criminal Law 05/24/2011Orange County prosecutors say a law office manager has been sentenced to four years in state prison for embezzling more than $500,000 from her firm and spending the cash on a lavish lifestyle. The district attorney's office says 68-year-old Donna Joy...
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Not guilty plea entered for teen in NJ webcam case
Criminal Law 05/21/2011A former Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's same-sex encounter pleaded not guilty Monday to 15 charges including bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and evidence tampering. It was the first court appearance for 19-y...
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4 ex-Auburn players indicted on felony charges
Criminal Law 05/19/2011Four former Auburn football players have been indicted on felony robbery and burglary charges by a Lee County grand jury. Court documents posted online Wednesday show that Michael McNeil, Antonio Goodwin, Shaun Kitchens and Dakota Mosley were indicte...
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2 sports gear firm execs charged in fraud scheme
Criminal Law 05/14/2011Two former executives of a sports equipment company were charged Wednesday with fraud for allegedly swindling dozens of schools in northern New Jersey by forging fake bids from competitors, inflating invoices and courting school officials with gifts....
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Ruling favors suspected Calif. gang members
Criminal Law 05/11/2011Authorities in California's Orange County violated the constitutional rights of dozens of suspected gang members when they enforced a gang injunction without giving them a chance to defend themselves in court, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. U.S. D...
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Court to reconsider case of Super Bowl threat
Criminal Law 05/10/2011A federal appeals court will reconsider the case of an Arizona man accused of planning a massacre at the 2008 Super Bowl before changing his mind.Kurt Havelock was convicted in 2008 of mailing threatening messages, but a three-judge panel of the 9th ...
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Court for Fla. woman charged in husband's NY death
Criminal Law 05/06/2011Federal prosecutors have been turning up the heat on a Florida woman accused of arranging the 2009 killings of her millionaire husband and mother-in-law. Narcy Novack of Fort Lauderdale and her brother, Cristobal Veliz of Brooklyn, N.Y., are due in c...
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NY man pleads guilty in 2005 samurai sword slaying
Criminal Law 05/03/2011A man about to start a second trial for the 2005 samurai sword slaying of his sleeping stepfather, whom he had accused of sexually molesting him, pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter.Zachary Gibian, 24, will be sentenced later this month to 25 years...
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More psych evaluation in castration killing case
Criminal Law 05/02/2011A doctor will pay a second visit to a Portuguese model accused of castrating and killing a TV journalist in a Times Square hotel before his lawyer decides whether to pursue a psychiatric defense in the attack. A psychiatrist visited Renato Seabra thi...