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Appeals panel revives former inmate's suit against L.A. County
SAN FRANCISCO — A man convicted of murder largely on the basis of a jailhouse informant's perjured testimony may attempt to hold Los Angeles County liable for his 24 years in prison, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel...
Tags: Jimmy Carter, Justice and Rights, Prisons, Judges, U.S. Supreme Court
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NBA veteran Jason Collins is first active player to say he is gay
Jason Collins had long been keeping a secret. As a standout high school player at Harvard-Westlake School, as a star at Stanford and through a 12-year NBA career, he had hidden something fundamental about himself from his family, friends and teammates....
Tags: Jason Collins, Chris Culliver, Justice and Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Washington Wizards
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Openly gay athlete Jason Collins is what 'we've all been waiting for'
National political leaders, gay rights groups and entertainment icons on Monday spoke in support of Jason Collins, the first active professional athlete to come out as gay. The 34-year-old Los Angeles native, who helped lead Harvard-Westlake School to...
Tags: Jason Collins, Discrimination, Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Supreme Court, Sports Illustrated
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Orphan Black' on BBC
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 5 - 11, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies   -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black A trip to the suburbs...
Tags: Blake Lively, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), BBC, Patrick Leahy, Justice and Rights
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Don't let being gay define you, aunt urges NBA's Jason Collins
SAN FRANCISCO -- Superior Court Judge Teri L. Jackson, NBA center Jason Collins' very proud aunt, said that her nephew's family pedigree is one of firsts and of fighting discrimination. Her parents -- Collins' grandparents -- were active in the civil...
Tags: Jason Collins, Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, Barack Obama, Sports Illustrated
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Myanmar panel proposes measures to ease ethnic tensions
NEW DELHI, India -- Ever since Myanmar opened to the West, released political prisoners and allowed the opposition led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to run for office, it has been dogged by tensions among its many ethnic and religious minorities....
Tags: New Delhi (India), Justice and Rights, Minority Groups, Politics, Islam
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Plan B One-Step debate continues
Confused by the wrangling in federal court over the Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive? You're not the only one. As U.S. attorneys work hastily to halt a federal judge's order regarding the sale of the so-called morning-after pill, medical and...
Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Justice and Rights, Plan B (drug), Food and Drug Administration, Crime, Law and Justice
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Supreme Court won't revive Alabama immigration law
WASHINGTON— The Supreme Court made it clear Monday that enforcing immigration laws was reserved for the federal government, not the states. By an 8-1 vote, the justices rejected a request from Alabama to revive part of a 2011 law designed to drive...Tags: Laws, Justice and Rights, Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Antonin Scalia
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Death of jailed Indian in Pakistan causes furor
The death of an Indian prisoner attacked behind bars in Pakistan set off an uproar Thursday, as protests erupted and the Indian government demanded justice in the politically sensitive case. Sarabjit Singh had spent more than two decades in Pakistani...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Politics, Prisons, Government, Human Rights
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Central American migrants attacked in Mexico
MEXICO CITY -- Central American migrants crossing Mexico’s Veracruz state were attacked by a violent drug-and-extortion gang, an activist organization said, the latest bloody harassment of people attempting to reach the United States. At least...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Politics, Gang Activity, Central America, Labor Legislation
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Young Vietnamese Americans learning the lessons of Black April
One girl gasps as the grainy black-and-white footage rolls: Women are screaming, thrusting their babies at soldiers boarding a helicopter. In the next scene, hundreds of refugees packed in the belly of a rickety boat rock in the ocean, desperately...
Tags: Lobbying, Justice and Rights, U.S. Congress, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Gov. Brown as Robin Hood
Now we know what Gov. Jerry Brown really cares about — what gets him riled and raring to rumble. "The battle of their lives," he promises opponents. "This is a cause." When a governor bares his soul like that, not only is he waving a nasty...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, China, Darrell Steinberg
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