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Manson and 'Night Stalker' murderers and California justice
By Patt MorrisonThe cases of two convicted murderers, within the space of 48 hours, made it clear that California’s handling of capital cases may need a wee bit of tweaking. On Friday, death row inmate Richard Ramirez died. He was the notorious "Night Stalker,"...Tags: Criminal Laws, Human Accomplishments, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Punishment
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Trayvon Martin murder case jury selection drags into third day
ReutersSANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Florida searched for a third day on Wednesday for potential jurors unaffected by blanket media coverage of last year's killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. Six jurors in...Tags: Criminal Laws, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Firearms, Legal Services, Laws
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L.A.'s supervisors are still breaking the law
Our editorial page counterparts at the Daily News and its sibling publications around the county took off after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Sunday for trying to change the law to make it OK for them to have closed-door meetings with the...
Tags: Executive Branch, Steven Bradford, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority, Jerry Brown
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Safety regulators probe airbag deployments in Honda Odyssey vans
Federal safety regulators have opened a probe, looking at whether airbags are deploying without warning in about 320,000 Honda Odyssey vans from the 2003 and 2004 model years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it has received six...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Government, Google Inc., Automotive Equipment, Politics
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Jury selection to begin for Zimmerman's trial
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's attorney doubts he will be able to find jurors who haven't heard about the Trayvon Martin fatal shooting. He just wants to pick people who haven't already made up their mind about the case. Jury selection...
Tags: Firearms, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Orlando, Mark O'Mara
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George Zimmerman trial: What will both sides seek in jurors?
SANFORD — Picking a jury can be slow and tedious, but some lawyers say it is the most important part of a trial. "It's critical," said Orlando defense attorney Diana Tennis. That process begins Monday for George Zimmerman, the 29-year-old former...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mark O'Mara, Prosecution, Trials, Government
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The Brown Act means what it says
The best way to deal with slower learners is often patient repetition of a lesson. It seldom does much good to shout at them or to embarrass them for taking so long to pick up on what others understand quickly and easily. And so for the five slow...
Tags: Executive Branch, Steven Bradford, Laws, Regional Authority, Crime, Law and Justice
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All eyes on Central Florida as George Zimmerman murder trial begins
SANFORD – When George Zimmerman's murder trial begins Monday, for some people it will be a civil-rights bellwether. For others, it's a chance at absolution for a Neighborhood Watch volunteer who has lived in hiding for more than a year but insists...
Tags: FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, Sanford Police Department, Mark O'Mara, Longwood (Seminole, Florida)
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Californians would go further than Gov. Brown to cut prison crowding
SACRAMENTO — Most California voters are willing to take more drastic steps than Gov. Jerry Brown favors to reduce prison crowding, including the early release of nonviolent offenders, but they don't want to sacrifice public safety to reduce the...
Tags: Executive Branch, Parties and Movements, Polls, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority
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Letters to the Editor - June 9
Columnist should have checked his facts To the editor: I’d like to take the opportunity to respond to Lloyd Waters’ column, “Leap tall buildings? Become a CO” (June 2, 2013). To do so, I must state I’m not speaking for...Tags: Government, Maryland State Police, Justice System, Prisons, Lawyers
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Column: Time to end imposed ignorance of guns
A revealing thing happened in the grief-filled days that followed the massacre of helpless children and their teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Virtually every conversation about gun control, about any possible remedy for gun...Tags: Entertainment, Personal Weapon Control, Suicide, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice
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