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Calif. Couple Plead Guilty to Girl's Kidnap, Rape

Apr 28th 2011 – 5:01PM
MCT / AP

MCT / AP

PLACERVILLE, Calif. -- A convicted sex offender and his wife pleaded guilty Thursday to kidnapping and raping a Northern California girl when she was 11 and holding her captive for nearly two decades. The pleas came as part of a surprise deal with prosecutors that will spare victim Jaycee Dugard and her two daughters born...

Army Opens Prison of Suspected WikiLeaks Private for Media Review

Apr 28th 2011 – 7:56AM
AP

AP

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- Army officials are opening the doors to the military prison in Kansas where they are holding an Army private suspected of illegally passing U.S. government secrets to the WikiLeaks website. Pfc. Bradley Manning was moved last week from the Marine brig in Quantico, Va., to the Joint Regional...

Body of Missing Maine Woman Found in NH Pond

Apr 27th 2011 – 10:26PM
Conway Police / AP

Conway Police / AP

CONWAY, N.H. -- The body of a missing Maine woman whose car was abandoned at a ski area with her toddler unharmed inside was recovered Wednesday from a nearby pond. Divers retrieved the body of Krista Dittmeyer about a quarter-mile from where her car was found idling early Saturday in the parking lot of Cranmore Mountain...

NY Suspect Recaptured After Bolting in Handcuffs

Apr 27th 2011 – 8:30PM
David Duprey, AP

David Duprey, AP

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A robbery suspect who escaped from a Buffalo police station by slipping out a back door while handcuffed to a chair has been apprehended after he was spotted riding a bike with the cuffs still on. Police tell Buffalo media outlets that 58-year-old John Caesar (SEE'-zur) of Buffalo was taken into custody...

Cold Case Cops Solve 1978 LA Slaying

By Tori RichardsApr 27th 2011 – 5:03PM
LAPD

LAPD

LOS ANGELES -- For three decades the unsolved homicide case of Robert Rathbun sat on a shelf in an archives room, awaiting justice with about 9,000 others. The laid-off engineer was stabbed to death with a butcher knife from his own kitchen by two burglars who then plunged a knife in the back of his 18-year-old son,...

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Highest Number Of Anti-Gay Murders Ever Reported In 2011: The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs

Jun 02nd 2012 - 01:13PM

More murders motivated by anti-gay bias occurred last year than any year since the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs began collecting data in 1998, the national advocacy organization reported this week.

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Trayvon Martin Case: Zimmerman's Credibility an Issue

Jun 02nd 2012 - 12:41PM

The credibility of Trayvon Martin's shooter could be an issue at trial after a judge said that George Zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about their finances to obtain a bond, legal experts say.

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TRASHY THIEVES: Cops Follow Food Wrapper Trail To Find Alleged Snack Bar Robbers

Jun 02nd 2012 - 11:51AM

Police say they followed a trail of discarded food wrappers to track down four people accused of stealing from a Little League snack bar.

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Hosni Mubarak, Former Egyptian President, Sentenced To Life In Prison

Jun 02nd 2012 - 08:31AM

Egyptians celebrate as they hear from a car radio the verdict on ousted president Hosni Mubarak outside the police academy courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012.

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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International: One Teen's Fate: The Math Of A 100-Year Sentence

By Youth Radio -- Youth Media International Jun 01st 2012 - 09:26PM

SAN FRANCISCO - Should a judge be able to sentence a 16-year-old to 110 years in prison if he didn't actually kill anyone?

crime News From the Web

  • 06/02/12 Penn State trial to paint 2 portraits of Sandusky Source: Forest City Summit - Forest City IA Before his arrest on child molestation charges seven months ago, Jerry Sandusky was widely considered a living Penn State sports legend and the founder of an exemplary organization that worked with at-risk children.
  • 06/02/12 Report: Man accused in fatal crash was drunk Source: Daily Comet - Thibodaux LA The Advocate reports ( http://bit.ly/L4yHei ) that Brett Gerald's blood-alcohol content was 0.15 percent, according to State Police spokesman Trooper Russell Graham II.
  • 06/02/12 Mubarak jailed for life Source: The Daily Star of Bangladesh An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced ex-President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising.
  • 06/02/12 Ex-Okla. judge's co-defendant enters plea in case Source: FOX - KOKH 25 - Oklahoma City OK The co-defendant in the case of a former Oklahoma County judge who was accused of adoption fraud has pleaded guilty to charges for her role in that crime.
  • 06/02/12 Parents turn to PM Source: The Daily Star of Bangladesh Detectives early yesterday arrested an accused in the sensational Himu murder case from Shah Pori Island in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar.

Background on crime

Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority (via mechanisms such as legal systems) can ultimately prescribe a conviction.

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