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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Ohio teen convicted in deadly Craigslist scheme Dad in Facebook photo case acquitted of 1 charge Teenager is found guilty of aggravated murder in deadly Craigslist robbery scheme in Ohio Suspect in casino chip theft arrested in Calif What a Drop in Youth Crime Says About Curfews and Boot Camps: Nothing Good NFL cheerleader who had sex with student may get own reality show Trio of former California governors seeks to preserve death penalty Opposition leader sentenced to 8 years in Rwanda Ind. boy could risk longer prison term if retried Jeanne Woodford: Former San Quentin Warden Is an Anti-Death Penalty Activist Japanese auto supplier pleads guilty to price fix Actor Edward Furlong arrested at LA airport

Ohio teen convicted in deadly Craigslist scheme  Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 07:14 PM PDT 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. Full Story	Top
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. Full Story	Top
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. Full Story	Top
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. Full Story	Top
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. Full Story	Top
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. Full Story	Top
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. ... Full Story	Top
Opposition leader sentenced to 8 years in Rwanda  Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 03:42 PM PDT 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 â€" genocide denial. Full Story	Top
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. Full Story	Top
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 California’s San Quentin prison, fresh out of Sonoma State University with a criminal justice degree, California had just re-enacted its death penalty law. Full Story	Top
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. Full Story	Top
Actor Edward Furlong arrested at LA airport  Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 11:03 AM PDT Authorities say actor Edward Furlong has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of domestic violence. Full Story	Top

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