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Crime reform legislation heads to Senate floor
San Antonio Express
SB 12: In certain sex crimes against children, prosecutors could request a judge to allow the admission into evidence that the defendant committed certain separate offenses. SB 484: Establishes mandatory prostitution courts in counties with populations ...

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Authorities in California have confirmed Travis Alexander, the man Jodi Arias is charged with murdering, was the victim of an identity theft that resulted in... David Lohr http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-lohr/

McALESTER, Okla. — A man convicted of committing three murders in three states during a 10-day rampage was executed Tuesday in Oklahoma for one of... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

CINCINNATI — A man found guilty of killing 11 women and hiding their remains around his Cleveland home got a fair trial, and his conviction... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

12 jurors selected for murder trial of Philly abortion doctor, accused of ...
Washington Post
PHILADELPHIA — Twelve jurors have now been selected for the capital murder trial of a Philadelphia abortion provider. Dr. Kermit Gosnell is charged with eight counts of murder in the deaths of a female patient and seven babies who prosecutors say were ...

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Ukrainian "attack" dolphins may be on the loose and looking for love, according to a source familiar with the country's rumored secret military training program.... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meredith-bennettsmith/

The Independent
Bodies dug up to intensify murder probe linked to Winnie Mandela
The Independent
Prosecutors have exhumed two bodies in a Soweto cemetery and look set to open a murder investigation that will raise uncomfortable questions for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela. The bodies ...
Bodies exhumed in murder probeSan Angelo Standard Times

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Memphis police prepare for spike in crime as temperatures rise
WREG.com - Memphis news & weather from WREG Television, News Channel 3
“It's March and we do recognize that summer is around the corner and historically in summer months crime does go up,” says Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong. Armstrong knows what's ahead. He's been dealing with it all winter, a time when crime ...

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Former street preacher found guilty in Craigslist murder case
Reuters
It also convicted him of the attempted murder of Scott Davis, who answered the Craigslist ad and was shot in the arm while escaping after meeting Beasley and his teenage accomplice, Brogan Rafferty. Rafferty, 18, was tried as an adult and sentenced in ...
Akron: Verdict reached in Craigslist murder trialWKYC-TV
Beasley guilty in capital murder caseAkron Beacon Journal
Man convicted of murder in Craigslist plotColumbus Dispatch
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A Russian Corruption Fighter's $3 Million Apartment
Bloomberg
Talk about the fox guarding the chicken coop: The Russian parliament's chief corruption fighter has been accused of failing to declare a $3 million apartment in Moscow. It's the latest in a series of “outings” by Russia's anarchic opposition, bizarrely ...
Russia Anti-corruption Head Scoffs at Property Non-disclosure RumorsRealtyBizNews

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Crime Stoppers asks for help solving February crimes
Henderson Daily Dispatch (registration)
Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers is trying to help law enforcement solve an armed robbery in late February as well as two higher-profile incidents that remain unsolved from Valentine's Day. The incidents on Feb. 14 have drawn significant attention from ...

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VANCOUVER - The B.C. Appeal Court has paved the way for U.S. authorities to try a British Columbia man on several child-sex charges.Erian Acosta is... CP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ziann-lum/

Slate Magazine
The Cannibal Cop Has Been Convicted of a Crime He Only Dreamed of ...
Slate Magazine
That Word file had a photo of his real-life friend from college, Kimberly Sauer, and a list of supplies that he would need to carry out a crime. It also gave a set of made-up details about the victim: a fictitious last name, date of birth, alma mater ...
The Cannibal Cop Trial Is Over, but the 'Fantasy' Crime Debate Is NotThe Atlantic Wire
Cannibal Cop Gilberto Valle Guilty, Or Thought Crime Victim?TheImproper.com
NYC policeman convicted in cannibal-plot casePost-Bulletin

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LUBBOCK, Texas -- Derrek Lee Hager had just dropped off his girlfriend in the Texas Panhandle and was headed with four other friends to a... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-mcguinness/

Staffers in the voting rights section of the U.S. Justice Department -- during both the Bush and Obama administrations -- took political potshots at each other and often displayed a lack of professionalism, according to a report issued Tuesday.

CBS2 Chicago
Reward Offered In Murder Of Elgin Woman
CBS2 Chicago
But he refused to say if they believe police are close to solving the case or even if the knife used in the murder has been found. He said police are working the case around-the-clock. The murder was the first in Elgin this year. Two people were ...

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AKRON, Ohio — A self-styled street preacher accused of teaming up with a high school student in a deadly plot to lure men with Craigslist... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/

DEFIANCE, Ohio -- Prosecutors in northern Ohio say a woman somehow persuaded her 10-year-old stepson to kill his own father in a decade-old killing that... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

Dallas Morning News (blog)
Grand Prairie police say at-large murder suspect also involved in aggravated ...
Dallas Morning News (blog)
Grand Prairie police are asking for the public's help finding a man who gunned down another man during a robbery at an apartment complex last month. The police also believe the suspect who shot and killed Paul Rodriguez, 43, on Feb. 15 at Quail Ridge ...

Struggling to obtain quantities of a lethal injection drug in order to carry out the state's first execution in 15 years, the Colorado Department of... The Denver Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrea rael/