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Former Beverly Hills school official's conviction overturned
A panel of appellate court judges has overturned the 2011 conviction on conflict-of-interest charges of a former Beverly Hills Unified School District official. In addition to directing that all charges against Karen Anne Christiansen be dismissed,...Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials, Punishment
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Ruling, red tape are a setback for California executions
SAN FRANCISCO — California may be stymied for years to come in its efforts to resume executions as a result of a new court ruling, bureaucratic requirements and difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs, advocates on both sides of the death...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Lawyers, Government, Trials, Politics
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California executions on hold since 2006 likely won't resume soon
SAN FRANCISCO — No inmate has been executed in California since 2006, and a ruling Thursday by a state appeals court is likely to further delay executions for years. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal unanimously decided...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Michael Jackson, Death Penalty, Prisons
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Appeals court deals California another setback on executions
SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals court unanimously decided Thursday that the state’s lethal injection regulations were not properly vetted, a decision that is likely to further delay executions. No inmate has been executed in...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Death Penalty, Punishment, Prisons
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Mentally ill California inmates ask judge to change policies
When a mentally ill inmate at Corcoran state prison stripped himself naked, yelled that he was the "creator" and threatened to kill himself, guards responded by dousing him with 44 rounds of pepper spray, including four grenades of the caustic chemical....Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Lawyers, Healthcare Policies, Government, Mental Health
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U.S. sued over policy on killing endangered wildlife
Environmental groups are taking the Justice Department to court over a policy that prohibits prosecuting individuals who kill endangered wildlife unless it can be proved that they knew they were targeting a protected animal. Critics charge that the 15-...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Lawyers, Endangered Species, Laws, Trials
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Lawyers claim physical abuse of mentally ill inmates
Prison lawyers have asked a federal judge to sanction California for excessive physical punishment, from overuse of pepper spray to isolation in barren cells, against mentally ill inmates. In hundreds of pages of documents filed with the U.S. District...
Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Asthma, Prisons
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Pit bull killing: Murder charges in fatal dog attacks extremely rare
This post has been corrected. See note below.Murder charges related to fatal dog maulings are extremely rare in the United States and have not been filed in Los Angeles in a long time -- if ever -- officials said. On Thursday, Los Angeles County authorities arrested Alex Jackson, 29, at his...Tags: Murder, Lawyers, Witnesses, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Lawsuit alleging that Feuer manipulated ethics laws is thrown out
A lawsuit alleging that City Atty.-elect Mike Feuer manipulated ethics laws to financially benefit his campaign has been thrown out of court. The action had been filed by a supporter of Feuer's rival, Carmen Trutanich. Los Angeles County Superior...
Tags: Arbitration, Elections, Ethics, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Justice delayed in Guatemala
When a Guatemalan court found the country's former dictator, Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, guilty of genocide last month, it was the first time a Latin American leader had been convicted of such a crime in his own country. The verdict was hailed as a victory...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Hate Crimes, Lawyers, Massacres, Trials
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Sex-abuse investigations rip open Catholic Church's secret files
Preparing for his return to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles after six months' treatment at a center for pedophile priests, Father Michael Wempe sat down to type out a list of concerns. Arrangements for his dog. Counseling and support groups for himself....
Tags: Murder, Benedict XVI, U.S. Supreme Court, Lawyers, Substance Abuse
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Jury acquits Park of strangling aspiring model
Kelly Soo Park's DNA was all over the crime scene where an aspiring model lay strangled. It was on the victim's clothing and the inside of the locked front door of her Santa Monica apartment. It was on the victim's cellphone, which had been used to make...
Tags: Murder, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, Justice System
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