Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 07:14 PM PDT

Ohio teen convicted in deadly Craigslist scheme 
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 07:14 PM PDT
Jack Kern reacts after a jury reached a guilty verdict on all accounts in the Brogan Rafferty Craigslist murder trial in the courtroom of Judge Lynn S. Callahan in the Summit County Courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Akron, Ohio. Kern's son Timothy of Massillon was one of the men murdered. Rafferty, an Ohio teenager taken under the wing of a man defense attorneys described as a master manipulator was found guilty of aggravated murder Tuesday for his role in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for work with phony Craigslist job offers. (AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Phil Masturzo, Pool)A teenager taken under the wing of a man defense attorneys described as a master manipulator was found guilty of aggravated murder Tuesday for his role in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for work with phony Craigslist job offers.
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Dad in Facebook photo case acquitted of 1 charge 
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 06:52 PM PDT
A Chicago man who bound his 22-month-old daughter with tape and posted a photo on Facebook was acquitted Tuesday of unlawful restraint and will find out the verdict on a second charge next week.
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Teenager is found guilty of aggravated murder in deadly Craigslist robbery scheme in Ohio 
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 06:27 PM PDT
AKRON, Ohio - An Ohio teenager taken under the wing of a man defence attorneys described as a master manipulator was found guilty of aggravated murder Tuesday for his role in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for work with phoney Craigslist job offers.
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Suspect in casino chip theft arrested in Calif 
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 06:27 PM PDT
A man suspected of sneaking into a restricted area of the Venetian resort and stealing $1.6 million in casino chips was arrested in Southern California, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.
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What a Drop in Youth Crime Says About Curfews and Boot Camps: Nothing Good 
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 05:50 PM PDT
Remember when violent video games, slasher movies and aggressive rap lyrics were blamed for motivating kids to commit crime? Of course, some argued, the end of civilization could only be averted with curfews and boot camps. The solution to juvenile crime was to take these troublesome youths off the streets and whip them into shape.
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NFL cheerleader who had sex with student may get own reality show 
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 05:50 PM PDT
Sarah Jones, the ex-Bengals cheerleader who plead guilty to having sex with her 17-year-old student in early October, has been offered her own reality TV show.
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Trio of former California governors seeks to preserve death penalty 
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 04:11 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A trio of former California governors urged voters on Tuesday to preserve the death penalty in the state by defeating a ballot initiative seeking to abolish capital punishment on cost grounds, and a recent poll showed the measure gaining support but falling short of passing. The initiative, if passed by voters next week, would automatically commute the sentences of 725 death row inmates in California, which has nearly a quarter of the nation's condemned prisoners but has executed none in the last six years. "Prop. ...
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Opposition leader sentenced to 8 years in Rwanda 
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 03:42 PM PDT
FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 5, 2011 file photo, Rwanda's top opposition political leader Victoire Ingabire wears handcuffs as she listens to the judge during her trial in Kigali, Rwanda. A Rwandan court on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 sentenced Ingabire to eight years in prison for treason and 'genocide ideology' - a charge unique to this central African nation torn apart by vicious ethnic attacks 18 years ago. (AP Photo/Shant Fabricatorian, File)A Rwandan court sentenced the country's top opposition political leader to eight years in prison on Tuesday for treason and on a charge stemming from this central African nation's murderous ethnic attacks 18 years ago Ć¢€" genocide denial.
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Ind. boy could risk longer prison term if retried 
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 02:43 PM PDT
The case of an Indiana boy who was convicted as an adult at age 12 for helping kill a friend's stepfather is raising questions about whether young suspects can fully understand the consequences of their offenses.
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Jeanne Woodford: Former San Quentin Warden Is an Anti-Death Penalty Activist 
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 02:40 PM PDT
Jeanne Woodford knows a little something about the death penalty. When she began her career in 1978 as a correctional officer at CaliforniaĆ¢€™s San Quentin prison, fresh out of Sonoma State University with a criminal justice degree, California had just re-enacted its death penalty law.
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Japanese auto supplier pleads guilty to price fix 
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 01:46 PM PDT
Japanese auto supplier Tokai Rika Co. Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $17.7 million fine for price-fixing, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.
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Actor Edward Furlong arrested at LA airport 
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:03 AM PDT
File - In this Jan. 10, 2011 file photo cast member Edward Furlong, 35, arrives at the premiere "The Green Hornet" in Los Angeles. Furlong, who starred in "Terminator 2," was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of domestic violence, according to authorities. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)Authorities say actor Edward Furlong has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of domestic violence.
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