Criminal Law
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Police twice targeted the wrong men for 1996 killing
The crime was the brutal June 1996 murder of 18-year-old Angie Dodge in Idaho Falls,…
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Victim’s mother wants the feds to fight hate crimes
Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, went to Congress to fight white supremacy violence and…
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Republicans take $400k from casino mogul accused of sexual assault
The national Republican Party has accepted nearly $400,000 in donations from disgraced ex-casino mogul Steve…
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ICE Arrests in Courthouses Leave Local Communities on Edge
The battle between immigrant-friendly cities and federal immigration enforcement came to the forefront this month…
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Pot ‘Legalization 2.0’: Social Equity Becomes A Key Question
Advocates for legalizing marijuana have long argued it would strike a blow for social justice…
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Former teacher acquitted of child molestation
A jury found a retired Springfield teacher not guilty Thursday of charges he sexually abused a…
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Ninth Circuit Upholds Life Sentence of Crime Boss
Chinatown crime boss Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow will serve out his life sentence for murder…
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Chelsea Manning ordered back to jail after again refusing to testify in WikiLeaks case
Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to…
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Ex-California Assemblyman pardoned by Trump
Trump rewarded former Assembly Minority Leader Pat Nolan for his efforts to reform the criminal…
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Lawyer pleads guilty to sexually assaulting client
A Massachusetts lawyer admitted Tuesday to sexually assaulting a client who went to his office…
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