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Attorney angrily defends handling of O.J. Simpson case
LAS VEGAS — Over a day of often-vitriolic cross examination, O.J. Simpson's former defense attorney faced a barrage of pointed challenges that his representation was so shoddy and even duplicitous that the fallen football star deserves a new trial...
Tags: Lawyers, Criminals, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Enron's Jeff Skilling doesn't deserve a break
As if you didn't know this already, we're coddling criminals in America. By that I don't mean the petty drug dealers, three-strikes necklace-snatchers and other mooks filling up our state prisons; many of them are doing hard time. I'm talking about...
Tags: Countrywide Financial Corp., Court Preliminary, Finance, Theft, Economy, Business and Finance
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Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell gets third life sentence
PHILADELPHIA — Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby he described as so big it could “walk to the bus.” Gosnell, 72, was convicted Monday of first-degree...
Tags: Judges, Kermit Gosnell, Trials, Hospitals and Clinics, Prosecution
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Jorge Rafael Videla dies at 87; Argentine dictator
BUENOS AIRES — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who presided over that country's so-called dirty war in which up to 30,000 dissidents were murdered or disappeared, died Friday while serving a 50-year prison sentence. He was 87. He...
Tags: Judges, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Politics
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OAS study says countries should consider decriminalizing drug use
BOGOTA, Colombia — The Organization of American States said Friday that countries should consider decriminalizing drug use, a shift backed by several Latin American leaders but opposed by the United States. Decriminalization could be one of many...
Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Mexico City, Lifestyle and Leisure, Pakistan, Bogota (Colombia)
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Jodi Arias faces possibility of death as penalty phase begins
PHOENIX — Jodi Arias returns to court for the final phase of her trial as the same jury that convicted her of first-degree murder last week now weighs whether the former waitress should be sentenced to life in prison or death. Jurors on...
Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Witnesses, Trials
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Mother, son sentenced in 2008 O.C. murder and robbery
An Orange County mother and her 26-year-old son were sentenced Friday after they were convicted of luring a man to a motel from a nightclub, where they robbed and killed him in 2008, prosecutors said. Leticia Carrasco, 52, was sentenced to 25 years to...Tags: Lawyers, Crimes, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Italian court told about Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' parties
ROME -- The Moroccan-born dancer at the center of Silvio Berlusconi’s prostitution trial took the stand in court for the first time Friday, describing how female guests at Berlusconi’s so-called bunga-bunga parties stripped to their underwear...
Tags: Italy, Litigation, Trials, Milan (Italy), Hosni Mubarak
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Oceanside couple sentenced to prison in sex-slave case
SAN DIEGO -- An Oceanside couple were sentenced Monday to lengthy prison terms for brutally keeping an under-age relative as a sex slave, housekeeper, baby sitter and prostitute. Inez Martinez Garcia, 44, was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and her...
Tags: Prisons, Trials, Slavery
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Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Niland, California
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Thursday evening one mile from Niland, California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 9:38 p.m. at a depth of 0 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 16 miles from...
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Natural Disasters
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George Michael car crash results in cuts, bruises for singer
Singer George Michael has been involved in a car crash in England that resulted in a helicopter airlift to a hospital. The former Wham! singer, 49, was a passenger in his Range Rover on London's M1 highway Thursday when the accident occurred around 5:50...
Tags: George Michael, Pneumonia, Transportation Accidents, BBC, Downton Abbey (tv program)
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