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George Zimmerman trial: No decision on experts; jury selection continues
SANFORD - Attorneys in the George Zimmerman trial worked well into the evening on Monday, taking testimony disputing state audio experts who say it’s more likely that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, not Zimmerman, was heard screaming for help before the...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, George Zimmerman, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Format, funding options taking shape for veterans court in Orange, Osceola
A new veterans-court program is close to launching in Orange and Osceola counties to help keep returning troops who land in trouble out of jail by connecting them to counseling, mentors or other services they need. The latest talks between court,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Substance Abuse, Apopka, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Supreme Court blocks Arizona's voter ID law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed with the Obama administration Monday in yet another of its confrontations with Arizona, striking down a state law on voter registrations and ruling that states may not require new applicants to show proof of...
Tags: Politics, Ted Cruz, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Crime, Law and Justice, American Civil Liberties Union
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Attorney says client charged in double stabbing was acting in self-defense
julieg@herald-mail.comThe public defender for a Hagerstown man charged in a double stabbing Friday night told a Washington County District Court judge on Monday that her client was acting in self-defense after he was attacked by three males. Robert Lee Pettaway, 19, of 237...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Lawyers, Justice System, Trials
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Springfield Task Force on Sexual Orientation Nears Completion
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Last year, Springfield City Council handed off its most controversial issue to a citizen's task force. Now the task force is getting ready to hand it back. The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Citizen's Task Force met...
Tags: Politics, Belief and Faith, Social Issues, Minority Groups, Discrimination
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Sen. Browne to amend Gov. Corbett's pension reform plans
HARRISBURG — The third rail of state politics is about to get touched. Public pensions. The Senate Finance Committee plans to vote on a pension reform bill Wednesday. The final bill that could emerge may be starkly different from the far-sweeping...Tags: Politics, Pension and Welfare, Mike Brubaker, Labor Legislation, Public Employees
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Man gets up to 8 years for running over pedestrian
A Coplay man charged in 2010 with running over and severely injuring a pedestrian in South Whitehall Township will spend up to eight years in prison. Joseph R. Knauss, 28, pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault, avoiding a trial scheduled to begin...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Whitehall, Justice System, Coplay, South Whitehall Township
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Pa. Supreme Court throws out judges' retirement suit
Judges who challenged the Pennsylvania Constitution's mandatory retirement age should pursue an amendment to eliminate it, the state Supreme Court said Monday in throwing out their case. The decision ends a lawsuit in state court by a group of county...Tags: Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), U.S. Supreme Court, Philosophy
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Battery recycler in Vernon allowed to reopen — for now
A Vernon battery recycler shut by the state in April as a health risk to thousands of nearby residents will be allowed to reopen pending a court hearing next month, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled Monday. Judge Luis A. Lavin said the...
Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Health, Science and Technology, Labor Legislation, Environmental Pollution
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INSIGHT-FBI relies on secret U.S. surveillance law, records show
ReutersBy John Shiffman, Kristina Cooke and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The FBI has used secret evidence obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to prosecute at least 27 accused terrorists since 2007, according to a Reuters...Tags: Television Industry, U.S. Supreme Court, Police Investigations, Prisons, Litigation
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Domestic abuse panel to hold field hearings
Presiding judges for the state’s circuit courts don’t have any recommendations regarding South Dakota’s domestic abuse laws, state Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson told a panel of legislators Monday. The committee members,...Tags: Politics, Local Government, U.S. Department of Justice, Personal Weapon Control, Lawyers
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Lawyers probe jurors for hidden agendas in Trayvon Martin murder case
ReutersSANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A white man with a chest-length gray beard wrote in a questionnaire for prospective jurors that he could keep an open mind about George Zimmerman's guilt or innocence but he failed to mention the $20 donation he made to the...Tags: Defendants, Politics, George Zimmerman, Human Interest, Trayvon Martin
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