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Assembly reverses course on open records limits
SACRAMENTO — Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) said his house would take up an amended version of a major budget bill on Thursday without the proposed limits on public access to open records. If the measure passes the Assembly and...
Tags: California Public Records Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Freedom of Information Laws, Jerry Brown, Budgets and Budgeting
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Ex-USC professor to return to L.A. to face child sex charges
A former USC professor who was indicted in sex crimes against children overseas was expected to arrive in Los Angeles as early as Wednesday night after he was captured in a coastal town in Mexico, federal authorities told The Times. Walter Lee Williams,...
Tags: Computer Crime, Philippines, FBI, Los Angeles Police Department, Abusive Behavior
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Judge: Did Jackson's attorney 'flip off' AEG lawyer?
Opposing attorneys in civil suits usually get along fine, no matter how angry their clients are with each other. Not so in the Michael Jackson wrongful death case. On Monday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Yvette Palazuelos called the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Conrad Murray, AEG, Propofol (drug)
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Brown poised to OK temporary limits on public records law
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown indicated that he would support protecting public access to government records in a constitutional amendment to be voted on next fall, but still supports temporarily weakening the law that ensures public access to...
Tags: Government, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Jerry Brown, Politics
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Chris Brown cites 1st Amendment in fight over murals
Scary monsters adorning the outside of singer Chris Brown's Hollywood Hills home are his personal art and he isn't about to give up his 1st Amendment right to expression because of a city citation, his attorney said. Mark Geragos, the singer's attorney,...
Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Arts, Chris Brown
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FBI uses drones inside U.S. for spying, director says
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified Wednesday that the controversial National Security Agency surveillance program "has been a contributing factor, one dot among many dots" for tracking terrorist plots, and he admitted for...
Tags: Barack Obama, National Security Agency, FBI, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
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L.A. jail killer testifies about remorse, avoids death penalty
In the end, it was Heriberto Eddie Rodriguez's own words that saved his life. The prosecutor seeking his execution said Rodriguez's violent attacks against at least half a dozen Los Angeles County jail inmates, including one assault in which he beat and...Tags: Gang Activity, Juvenile Delinquency, Death Penalty, Personal Weapon Control, Witnesses
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San Francisco 'landlords from hell' agree to prison terms
SAN FRANCISCO — A software engineer and his real estate agent wife who terrorized their tenants in a twisted attempt to force them out are back after fleeing to Italy, and each has accepted a four-year-plus prison sentence and two strikes, Dist....
Tags: Italy, Theft, Trials, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ex-USC professor charged with child sex crimes returns to L.A.
A former USC professor who was indicted in sex crimes against children overseas arrived late Wednesday in Los Angeles after he was arrested in Mexico, the FBI said. Walter Lee Williams, 64, who was added this week to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Computer Crime, Philippines, FBI, Mexico
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Have California lawmakers earned their new 5% pay raises?
Gov. Jerry Brown and members of the Legislature are getting pay raises. The little-known California Citizens Compensation Commission voted Wednesday to permit 5% salary increases for all statewide elected officials, the 80 members of the Assembly and...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Career and Workplace, Personal Weapon Control, Gil Cedillo, Elections
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Mexico City mayor under fire over disappearances of 12
MEXICO CITY — Miguel Angel Mancera, the former top prosecutor in Mexico's capital, rode his crime-fighting reputation to the mayor's office, promising voters a superior level of safety as the cornerstone of a revitalized metropolis. But six months...
Tags: Malcolm X, Theft, Heads of State, National Government, Prosecution
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Teacher charged with murder in wife's stabbing death in West Hills
Los Angeles County prosecutors charged an elementary school teacher Wednesday with one count of murder in his wife's stabbing death, the district attorney's office said. The district attorney also charged Michael Rodney Kane, 46, with one count of...
Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Los Angeles Unified School District, Murder, Prosecution
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