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Immigration cases make up 40% of federal prosecutions, study says
Immigration-related offenses are now the leading type of federal prosecution, constituting more than 40% of cases compared with 22% for drug crimes, according to federal crime data. Many immigrants are now prosecuted because they try to cross the border...
Tags: Human Rights, U.S. Congress, Prosecution, Illegal Immigrants, Migration
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Trutanich wages an uphill battle to be 'rehired' as city attorney
All he asks, Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich frequently says, is that voters judge him on his record. As he wages an uphill battle to hang onto to his job in the May 21 election, Trutanich rattles off a list of reasons he should be "rehired"...
Tags: Paul Koretz, Steve Cooley, AEG, Career and Workplace, Elections
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Rob Kardashian pleads not guilty to battery, theft in paparazzo case
Robert Kardashian Jr. pleaded not guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor battery and petty theft for allegedly hitting a photographer in Beverly Hills and removing a digital media card from her camera. Los Angeles County prosecutors charged Kardashian on...
Tags: Trials, Justice System, Arts, Prosecution, Theft
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Video of Utah slaughterhouse draws attention to 'ag-gag' laws
Amy Meyer was standing outside a slaughterhouse in Draper City, Utah, in February and said she saw what she had suspected: wounded animals being dragged to their deaths. Then she did what she had come for in this YouTube age and took out her cellphone...Tags: Trials, Justice System, International Workers' Day, Prosecution, Lawyers
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California state Senate OKs social network, drug bills
SACRAMENTO — Social network sites such as Facebook would be required to remove personal information about minors when asked to do so by their parents under a measure approved by state senators Thursday. Separately, the lawmakers voted to allow...
Tags: Elections, Bonnie Lowenthal, Computer Networking and Internet, Personal Data Collection, Theft
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Senate backs misdemeanor charges for heroin, cocaine possession
SACRAMENTO -- The state Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would allow prosecutors to file misdemeanor instead of felony charges in cases of simple possession of heroin, cocaine and other hard drugs. State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) said he...
Tags: Jerry Brown, Lou Correa, Jim Nielsen, Ted Gaines, Crime, Law and Justice
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Police arrest Gotcha surfwear co-founder in Laguna Beach car wreck
A retired professional surfer who co-founded Gotcha surfwear was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and on suspicion of cocaine possession after a traffic accident in Laguna Beach, police said Wednesday. Police charged Michael Elliot...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Drug Trafficking, Trials, Crimes, Transportation Accidents
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Restart gives Kevin Harvick the win at Richmond
Kevin Harvick won Saturday night's race at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway by plowing through traffic on a two-lap sprint to the finish. Juan Pablo Montoya was trying to hold off Harvick for his first win since 2010 when the caution came out with...
Tags: Joey Logano, Boston Celtics, LPGA, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, J.R. Smith
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Nelson Piquet Jr.-Brian Scott post-race fight leads to arrests
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.The post-race fight Friday night between NASCAR Nationwide Series drivers Nelson Piquet Jr. and Brian Scott spilled over into the motor home parking area of Richmond International Raceway afterward and led to the arrests of two Richard Childress Racing...Tags: Auto Racing, Brian Scott, Brad Keselowski, Crime, Law and Justice, Nelson Piquet, Jr.
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Malibu Councilman Peak gets probation in reckless-driving case
Malibu City Councilman Skylar Peak has been sentenced to two years of probation and 30 days of community service after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor count of reckless driving related to a Christmas Day accident. Judge Lawrence Mira on Wednesday...
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Supreme Court's common-sense ruling a win for legal immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that legal immigrants convicted of small amounts of marijuana possession are not subject to mandatory deportation. I hope the decision will serve as a strong warning to federal authorities to stop using laws intended...
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Deportation, Migration
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Ex-porn star Jenna Jameson won't be charged with battery
Orange County prosecutors won’t file criminal charges against former porn star Jenna Jameson following her arrest in Newport Beach over the weekend. Jameson was arrested Saturday on the Balboa Peninsula on suspicion of battery after someone...
Tags: Police Arrests, Trials, Jenna Jameson, Pornography, Crimes
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