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Drug cartel boss pleads guilty to murder in U.S. agent's death
WASHINGTON — A Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder in a 2011 ambush south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and which sharply strained U.S.-Mexico relations....
Tags: Gulf Cartel, Firearms, Washington, DC, Murder, Mexico City
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New York man held captive for month rescued by police
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Police rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, authorities said. Police posing as building...Tags: Long Island, Long Island City, Kidnapping, Lawyers, Queens (New York City)
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State files another request for gag order in George Zimmerman case
State prosecutors have renewed their request for a gag order in the George Zimmerman case, their third effort to muzzle his defense team. Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda filed his motion Thursday, stating that Zimmerman's defense team...
Tags: George Zimmerman, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Court Preliminary, Prosecution
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James Holmes' attorneys again challenge law on insanity pleas
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — With the stakes for their client literally life or death, defense attorneys for James E. Holmes on Thursday again challenged the constitutionality of Colorado's law governing insanity pleas. Holmes, 25, is accused in the July...Tags: John Hickenlooper, Murder, Criminal Laws, Death Penalty, Prisons
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Wicked Witch acquitted in mock trial at Lauderdale school
Ding, dong, the witch is not guilty. Because because because because becaaaaause… she's insane. That was the verdict reached by a jury of students after a mock trial using the plot of "Oz the Great and Powerful" as the basis of an attempted...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Prosecution, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939)
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Police rescue New York man, held captive for a month in warehouse
ReutersBy Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Police rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, authorities said. Acting...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, New York City, Trials, Court Preliminary, Prosecution
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Mexican drug cartel commander pleads guilty in 2011 ambush
WASHINGTON — A top Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in the 2011 ambush attack south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and three other defendants also admitted their...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Court Preliminary, Washington, DC, Organized Crime
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Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown
ReutersHAVANA (Reuters) - The trial of a Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials began on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption. The closed trial of 53-year-old Sarkis Yacoubian,...Tags: Politics, Havana (Cuba), International Trade, Government, Bribery
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Judge orders Goodman to remain on house arrest
John Goodman won a new trial, but he didn't win his freedom. The polo magnate will mostly stay confined to his Wellington mansion after a judge Wednesday refused to end his house arrest and remove his ankle monitor. But Goodman is getting a few breaks:...
Tags: Science and Technology, Dwayne Johnson, Wellington, Prisons, Lawyers
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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law
ReutersBy Keith Coffman DENVER, May 23 (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid...Tags: Mental Health, Murder, Criminal Laws, The Dark Knight Rises (movie), Punishment
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
DROUGHT Recent rains lift spirits of SD farmers, ranchers PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State Climatologist Dennis Todey (TAH'dee) says recent rains across much of South Dakota have improved the outlook for farmers and ranchers hurt by a year-long drought....Tags: Firearms, Washington, DC, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Keystone XL Pipeline
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Judge in Italy orders trial for captain in shipwreck of Costa Concordia, which killed 32
Associated PressROME (AP) — An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people. Judge Pietro Molino, at a closed-door hearing...Tags: Personal Service, Petroleum Industry, Carnival Corporation, Murder, Punishment
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