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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Syria chemical use would be 'crime against humanity' Ex-convict sentenced for sneaking into NYC jails Rapper 2 Chainz arrested in Oklahoma City Palestinian arrested for selling 'Morsi perfume': family Ex-NFL player Hernandez indicted for June murder La. man sentenced in Afghanistan kickback scheme German IT specialist sentenced to three years for Swiss data theft Ex-Soviet hackers play outsized role in cyber crime world BJS Releases Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2013 Former South Texas judge sentenced to prison Jury in Fort Hood rampage trial set to deliberate

Syria chemical use would be 'crime against humanity'  Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 09:05 PM PDT The use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute a "crime against humanity", UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Friday, adding there was "no time to lose" in investigating an alleged attack which the opposition says killed hundreds. Full Story	Top
Ex-convict sentenced for sneaking into NYC jails  Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 06:03 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A convicted sex offender who repeatedly used phony correction department credentials to gain entry into New York City jails has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Full Story	Top
Rapper 2 Chainz arrested in Oklahoma City  Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 02:59 PM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Rapper 2 Chainz was one of 11 people arrested after refusing to get off a tour bus for almost nine hours following a traffic stop in Oklahoma City early Thursday morning, police said. Full Story	Top
Palestinian arrested for selling 'Morsi perfume': family  Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 02:20 PM PDT Palestinian security services have arrested an Islamist sympathiser in the West Bank for selling perfume named in honour of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi, family members said on Thursday. Full Story	Top
Ex-NFL player Hernandez indicted for June murder  Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 12:54 PM PDT (Adds comment from defense attorney, prosecutor) By Daniel Lovering ATTLEBORO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Former National Football League player Aaron Hernandez was indicted on Thursday by a grand jury in Massachusetts on a charge of first-degree murder and five firearms violations for the June killing of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. Hernandez, a former New England Patriots tight end, appeared briefly in Attleboro District Court after being indicted in the shooting of Lloyd, whose bullet-riddled body was found in an industrial area near Hernandez's home in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. ... Full Story	Top
La. man sentenced in Afghanistan kickback scheme  Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 11:00 AM PDT A Louisiana businessman whom a U.S. senator fought to have released from captivity overseas was sentenced Thursday to 10 months in federal prison for a kickback scheme in a military construction project ... Full Story	Top
German IT specialist sentenced to three years for Swiss data theft  Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 10:13 AM PDT By Oliver Hirt BELLINZONA, Switzerland (Reuters) - A Swiss court on Thursday sentenced a 54-year-old computer specialist to three years in jail for selling client data from Swiss bank Julius Baer to the German tax authorities, after the man agreed a plea deal with prosecutors. Switzerland has come under growing international pressure to change its banking secrecy laws, which other governments say enables many of their wealthy citizens to avoid taxes. ... Full Story	Top
Ex-Soviet hackers play outsized role in cyber crime world  Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 09:57 AM PDT By Alissa de Carbonnel MOSCOW (Reuters) - If you want to hack a phone, order a cyber attack on a competitor's website or buy a Trojan program to steal banking information, look no further than the former Soviet Union. The breadth and sophistication of services sold on Russian-language websites such as Forum.zloy.bz or Forum.evil offer a small window onto a Russian criminal underground that is costing Western firms billions of dollars in credit card and online banking fraud as well as "phishing" attempts to lure people into downloading malware or disclosing passwords. ... Full Story	Top
BJS Releases Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2013  Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 07:39 AM PDT ******PUBLICATION ADVISORY******WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released Tribal Crime Data Collection Activities, 2013, which describes BJS activities to collect and improve data on crime and justice in Indian country, as required by the Tribal Law and Order Act, 2010. ... Full Story	Top
Former South Texas judge sentenced to prison  Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 06:19 AM PDT A former judge who turned his South Texas courtroom into a money-making operation was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Andrew ... Full Story	Top
Jury in Fort Hood rampage trial set to deliberate  Thursday, Aug 22, 2013 04:41 AM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Army Maj. Nidal Hasan is sending only a single piece of evidence to the jury room when deliberations likely start Thursday about whether he is guilty of the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood: an evaluation from his boss that called him a good soldier. Full Story	Top

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