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Criminal Justice System

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nytimes.com, By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL

Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper empire and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, was formally charged on Tuesday, along with her husband and four others, of perverting the course of justice in the hacki

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thehill.com, By Jeremy Herb and Carlo Munoz

The House will re-ignite a debate this week that last year sparked public outrage and a White House veto threat: Can terror suspects on U.S. soil be detained indefinitely?

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Arizona Republic

By his 14th birthday, Tommy Londo was addicted to crack cocaine. With both parents in prison, he grew up on the streets of Phoenix, homeless and uneducated. He spent his teens in and out of mental hospitals and shelters.

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The Agitator

Had she been facing the death penalty, she would have had the right to introduce mitigating evidence, but no such right extended to defendants facing mandatory life sentences.

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http://www.motherjones.com, By Adam Serwer

With Congress getting ready to assemble the next big defense authorization bill, two House members are coming together across party lines to ensure that everyone arrested in the United States—even suspected terrorists—gets a fair trial.

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New York Times

Edmond Demiraj, had agreed to testify against an Albanian mobster charged with human smuggling in exchange for a promise that he and his family would be kept safe. When the mobster fled before his trial, the authorities deported Mr. Demiraj to Albani

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http://govtslaves.info, Ed Pilkington

The problem of US military veterans falling into a life of crime after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan has reached such levels that a law enforcer in Georgia has opened what is believed to be America’s first county jail devoted to veteran inmates

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AP

The men never entered formal pleas, but Mohammed told the court he would confess to planning the attacks and dismissed the justice system, saying, "After torturing, they transferred us to inquisition land in Guantanamo."

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Philadelphia Inquirer

A MEMBER OF the Colwyn Police Department is under investigation for repeatedly using a Taser on a juvenile while the boy was in a holding cell last week, according to borough officials and sources. The 17-year-old boy was arrested for fighting on

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http://www.newswithviews.com, By Lloyd Marcus

I keep thinking of an episode of the 1973 TV show, “Kojak: The Marcus-Nelson Murders.” Homicide detective Kojak suspects that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.

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