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1 hr ago | WMDT

DA to retry Central Texas man in deadly '86 fire

Prosecutors plan to retry a Central Texas man whose 25-year-old conviction for setting a fire that killed his two young stepsons was set aside due to issues raised later with the science used to find him guilty.

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Related Topix: Fire, Criminal Defense Law, Law, McLennan County, TX

5 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Indonesia executes 3 inmates on prison island

Attorney General Office spokesman Untung Arimuladi says the three Indonesian men were executed by firing squad Friday at a high-security prison on Nusakambangan island.

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Fri May 17, 2013

CBS 47

Doctor's son accused of tricking pregnant girlfriend into taking abortion pill

Federal authorities said the son of a Tampa-area fertility doctor is accused of tricking his girlfriend into taking an abortion drug to kill her unborn child.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

WTVC

Gang leader sentenced to more than 78 years

A gang leader has been sentenced to serve more than 78 years in a federal prison for his role in three armed home invasion robberies in Nashville.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons

KLTV Tyler

Cuban prisoner settles lawsuit against Md. company

An American imprisoned in Cuba settled a lawsuit Thursday against the company he was working for when arrested, a lawsuit that claimed he wasn't properly warned about or prepared for the risks of working in the communist nation.

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Related Topix: Bethesda, MD

KIMA

Prison treatment program for Idaho monkey killer

An Idaho man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo last fall and brutally beating to death one of two Patas monkeys has been ordered to spend up to a year in a treatment program at a state prison.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Ada County, ID

WHDH

Idaho man heads to court after terrorism arrest

An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho has been arrested on federal charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack.

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Related Topix: Terrorism

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Syrian troops flush out rebels from prison

Syrian government troops on Thursday flushed out rebels who had stormed a prison compound in the northern city of Aleppo in a bid to free hundreds of political prisoners inside.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Terrorism

Thu May 16, 2013

KMIZ

Prison exclusive: Bernie Madoff can't sleep

"I used to work as a clerk in the commissary, and now they have me taking care of the telephone and the computer systems," said Madoff, speaking by phone from a federal prison in North Carolina.

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Related Topix: Bernie Madoff, Federal Correctional Complex, Butner, Federal Prisons, Butner, NC

WKYC-TV Cleveland

Idaho man gets prison time for killing zoo monkey

An Idaho man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo and brutally beating to death a Patas monkey will spend up to a year in state prison, where he'll take part in a treatment program.

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Related Topix: State Prisons

The Age

Russia expels US diplomat in spy scandal

Moscow: Russian state television aired footage Wednesday from Russia's security services claiming that another alleged American spy was expelled earlier this year.

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Related Topix: Vladimir Putin

WTLV

Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend's fetus

Federal authorities say the son of a Tampa-area fertility doctor is accused of tricking his girlfriend into taking an abortion drug to kill her unborn child.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law, Law

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Indiana prison holding open house at its horse farm

As the weather finally warms up, you are probably seeing more and more kids on bikes, and ATVs.

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Related Topix: Indiana, State Prisons, Agriculture, Science

Wed May 15, 2013

WTOP-FM Washington

Inmate who killed Wash. guard sentenced to death

A Washington state judge has sentenced an inmate to death for killing a state corrections officer in a prison chapel two years ago.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty

Rome News

Arias back in court as prosecutor outlines killing

Prosecutors on Wednesday tried to convince jurors that Jodi Arias should be eligible for the death penalty, saying Travis Alexander suffered tremendous pain as he fought for his life while Arias stabbed and slashed him nearly 30 times.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty

Click Orlando

N. Korea: Jailed American in 'special prison'

North Korea said Wednesday that the U.S. citizen it sentenced last month to 15 years of hard labor has begun his stay at a "special prison." Kenneth Bae, who the North Koreans refer to as Pae Jun Ho, was arrested in November in Rason city, a port in the northeastern corner of North Korea.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, Asia, South Korea, Kim Jong Un

WLNE-TV Providence

Dog attacks on letter carriers: rankings by city

More than four years after the world last heard from O.J. Simpson in court, one of the nation's most famous prisoners speaks again Wednesday in a bid to win freedom from a sentence that could keep him behind bars... More than four years after the world last heard from O.J. Simpson in court, one of the nation's most famous prisoners spoke again ... (more)

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, US Politics, US News, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Arias back in court as jury ponders death option

Jodi Arias heads back to court Wednesday as jurors consider whether the death penalty should be an option for sentencing the former waitress after convicting her of first-degree murder last week.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Texas, World News, Prince Harry

CNN

Rocky start for Obama's second term

Secretly accessing phone records of journalists. IRS targeting of conservative groups.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, History in the News, Immigration Reform

Tue May 14, 2013

The Capital-Journal

Simpson granted 1 hand free during Vegas hearing

O.J. Simpson appears in court at Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Monday, May 13, 2013.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, Clark County, NV, State Prisons