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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor gets 50 years for war crimes
Former Liberian President Charles Taylorwill likely spend the rest of his life in jail after a U.N.-backed court sentenced him to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting war crimes. Taylor , 64, is the first former head of state to be convicted by...
Tags: Crimes, Amnesty International, Western Africa, Sierra Leone, Civil Rights
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Unraveling the fabric of justice in the Brian Banks case
This is a corrected version of the original post; see the note below. Brian Banks spent more than five years in prison for a rape and kidnapping that, as the courts now find, he did not commit; the repercussions of how the case sorts itself out in the...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Punishment, Judges, Justice System, Prisons
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Foreclosures and resulting blight infest once-safe neighborhoods
William Perez has been waiting a long time to tell someone all the sad and crazy things he's seen. Perez runs a crew that crisscrosses Los Angeles and the Antelope Valley doing the dirty but essential job of cleaning up homes that have been foreclosed...
Tags: Hector Tobar, Politics, Foreclosures, Fines, Punishment
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6 candidates vie to succeed Cooley as L.A. County D.A.
It is the most powerful job in Los Angeles County's criminal justice system, a position that oversees the prosecution of 60,000 felons each year and can provide a steppingstone to higher office.
Six candidates are vying to become district attorney in...Tags: Death Penalty, Local Elections, Howard University, Lawyers, Democratic Party
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Drug conviction mars recovering addict's rental application
Question: I started drinking alcohol and using drugs when I was in high school, and I kept it up until recently. I didn't think I had a problem because I have maintained good grades in school and held a steady job. Last year, I was stopped by the police...Tags: Cocaine, Behavioral Conditions, Recreational Substance Use, Drug Use, Alcohol Addiction
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U.S. steps up deportation efforts for criminal immigrants
WASHINGTON — In an aggressive effort to boost deportations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun to increase by nearly 25% the number of agents tasked with finding and deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records, pulling 150...
Tags: DREAM Act, Republican Party, Conservation, Politics, Immigration
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Sinaloa cartel, Zetas push Mexico's drug violence to new depths
CULIACAN, Mexico — The cartel henchman nicknamed "El Loco" was reported behind the latest atrocity in Mexico's ever-more-depraved drug war: mutilating 49 people and piling their bodies — heads, hands and feet missing — by the side of a...
Tags: Politics, Murder, Law Enforcement, Gulf Cartel, Civil Rights
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June 5 primary: The Times' endorsements
For voters in Los Angeles County, the most important decision in the election that culminates June 5 may be in the six-candidate race for district attorney. This will be the first time since 1964 that the race is wide open, with no incumbent. The victor...
Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Janice Hahn
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Ex-student webcam spy case gets 30-day jail term
A former Rutgers University student who attracted the scorn of gay-rights advocates and was convicted of hate crimes for using a webcam to view seconds of his roommate and another man kissing days before the roommate killed himself will go to jail for...Tags: Crimes, George Washington, Laws, Justice System, Rutgers University
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Cannes 2012: Brad Pitt's 'Killing Them Softly': Anti-capitalist screed?
24 FramesBrad Pitt's "Killing Them Softly," directed by Andrew Dominik, has anti-capitalist themes. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.... -
Farmworker convicted of killing South African white supremacist
World NowFarmworker convicted of killing South African white supremacist Eugene TerreBlanche: Chris Mahlangu, 29, was convicted Tuesday of killing his employer, South African white supremacist, Eugene TerreBlanche in April 2010. His companion, Patrick Ndlovu, 18,... -
Supervisors inexplicably fail to act on Baca, Noguez
"I'm very excited," newly elected L.A. County Assessor John Noguez said almost two years ago after outspending his rival by more than $600,000 in a runoff campaign. "I believe the constituents believe that I will continue the legacy of continued...Tags: Politics, Steve Cooley, John Lynch, Charity, FBI
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