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Who Runs Gov | 2 hours ago

Profiles/Andrew_Romanoff

...seduced by the special interests that bankroll their campaigns." Romanoff, Andrew, "The Courage of Our Convictions," Huffington Post, March 1, 2010 Helped by liberal activists,...

WLKY-TV | 6 hours ago

Kentucky High Court Upholds Foley's Murder Convictions

...killings. The high court rejected two appeals on Thursday from 53-year-old Robert Carl Foley, who was convicted in 1993 of six killings in eastern Kentucky. The court's rulings come...

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New York Times | 1 day ago

2 Convictions in a Program With Mexico

...Israel Valle-Leon, 24, was arrested Dec. 3 after 16 pounds of the drug was found in his vehicle. Their convictions and sentencing by a judge in Sonora, which were announced late...

scotsman.com - Scotland | 2 days ago

Convictions for knife crime rocket by 21%

...offensive weapon, up from 355 during 2007-8. At the same time, convictions in Grampian rose from 162 to 187 and in Central, convictions were up from 132 to 137. In Strathclyde,...

Telegraph.co.uk - All news | 4 days ago

Rape conviction rate figures 'misleading'

Rape victims may have been put off reporting attacks because of the use of "misleading" conviction rate figures by Harriet Harman and others, a major review for the Government warns...

Reuters | 6 days ago

U.S. boosted financial, tax crime probes in 2009

...source" crimes. This is income from a legal business in which the income was masked or otherwise hidden. Convictions were up slightly for these crimes. There was also a 13 percent jump...

New York Times | 1 week ago

Prosecutor in Manhattan Will Monitor Convictions

...Cyrus R. Vance Jr., announced Thursday that he would start a program to safeguard against wrongful convictions, addressing one of the most talked-about topics during his campaign for...

"For Mr MacAskill to say that knife crime is only a problem in the West of Scotland when convictions for knife crime are soaring in the streets of his own constituency is absurd and highlights just how out of touch he is with what is actually happening out on Scotland's streets," he said. "It's high time he woke up to the grave toll knife crime is taking on communities across Scotland and backed Labour's tough plans for mandatory minimum sentences."

Convictions for knife crime rocket by 21% scotsman.com - Scotland | 2 days ago

New York Times | 2 weeks ago

National Briefing Southwest: Texas: Murder Convictions Set Aside

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed Wednesday to set aside the convictions of two Dallas men wrongly imprisoned for capital murder. Christopher Scott, 39, and Claude Simmons Jr.,...

ABC News | 2 weeks ago

Convictions Blamed on Botched Autopsies

Are Dr.'s Botched Autopsies to Blame for Murder Convictions? Fmr. Tennessee Medical Examiner Misidentified Bodies, Allowed Dog in Autopsy Room An inaccurate autopsy report nearly sealed...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 2 weeks ago

Convictions against four G-20 protesters upheld

Search post-gazette.com: Convictions against four G-20 protesters upheld By Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette An Allegheny County judge on Monday upheld the guilty convictions...

Huffington Post | 2 weeks ago

Andrew Romanoff: The Courage of Our Convictions

...Ben opened a medical practice in the poorest part of town. I remember the big black bag he used to carry as he made house calls. The people he treated often couldn't afford to pay him...