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The Cook County Sheriff's office said it has unearthed 51 completely unprocessed rape kits — some dating back to the mid-'80s — at a south... Kim Bellware http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-bellware/

I don't know that you could overstate the awfulness of yesterday's unanimous (!) Supreme Court decision in Florida v. Harris. Over at Reason, my former... Radley Balko http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/

Jesse Jackson Jr. dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief today and looked to his father, and the rest of his family gathered in court. "Guilty, your honor," he said, making official his reported intention to plead guilty to having misused $750,000 in campaign funds. Jackson pleaded guilty to one...

Rob Morrison, an anchor for CBS News' local affiliate in New York, has resigned from his job following allegations that he choked his wife and... Katherine Fung http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katherine-fung/

CBS Local
Jury begins deliberations in teen's murder trial
Philadelphia Inquirer
A Philadelphia judge has begun his legal instructions to the jury that today begins deliberations in the trial of a Cedarbrook woman for the 2010 robbery-murder of an 87-year-old World War II veteran. Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey P. Minehart began ...
Philadelphia Teen's Trial in Murder of WW II Vet Nears EndCBS Local

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A bingo game at a New Hampshire senior center broke out into an F-I-G-H-T after two women started arguing over Avon products. Officers in Portsmouth,... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-moye/

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. -- It's been 20 years since Jennifer Odom stepped off her school bus in rural Florida, the last anyone saw of her before... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-hoffer/

The Crime of Slavery
Inter Press Service
We talk about millions of slaves landed in an arch from Rio to Washington with the point of gravity in the Caribbean, and some south of Rio, north of Washington and around the coast to the Pacific side of Latin America. An unspeakable crime against ...

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Joyce Ann Brown

Last week, the Ricki Lake Show featured Joyce Ann Brown, who is among approximately 70 wrongfully convicted females who were exonerated by evidence other than DNA. Brown served more than nine years of a life sentence for a 1980 robbery and murder at a fur shop before being cleared. Female exonerees, including the four who were exonerated by DNA evidence, have typically not received as much media attention for their struggles as their male counterparts. The episode demonstrated the unique challenges that women who have been wrongly convicted face while fighting to prove their innocence.

More about female DNA exonerees.

Read the show's description of the episode and watch a clip.

MTV.com (blog)
C-Murder's Appeal Rejected By Supreme Court
MTV.com (blog)
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the rapper C-Murder (born as Chris Miller), who is currently serving a life sentence in prison. In 2002, C-Murder, a former No Limit Records' artist, was accused of second degree murder and sentenced ...
High Court Reject's Rapper C-Murder's AppealPollstar
Supreme Court Rejects C-Murder's Appeal Of Murder ConvictionHipHopDX
Rapper C-Murder To Serve His Life Imprisonment After Supreme Court Turns ...Mstarz

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Spiegel Online
Manipulating Pussy Riot: Letters Show Division in Punk Group
Spiegel Online
Three women from the Russian punk bank Pussy Riot secretly wrote each other letters while in pretrial detention. The letters show how state power was used to manipulate the trial and divide the punk band. And President Putin? He benefited from the ...
Pussy Riot case shows Putin weak—band member's husbandInquirer.net

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DAWN.com
BB murder site washed off on SP's order: witness
DAWN.com
RAWALPINDI: A key witness in Benazir Bhutto's murder case on Wednesday informed an anti-terrorism court that the site (along with vital evidence) was washed off immediately after the incident on orders from the then Superintendent Police of the area.
Benazir murder case: Witnesses summoned for cross examinationThe Express Tribune

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BBC News
Montreal opposition backs mayor after corruption raids
CBC.ca
The leader of Montreal's Opposition says Mayor Michael Applebaum still has her full support after anti-corruption raids closed down Montreal City Hall and several borough offices yesterday. A total of 125 agents with Quebec's anti-corruption squad ...
Montreal city hall raided by anti-corruption policeBBC News
Montreal's mayor Michael Applebaum reacts to anti-corruption raids at City HallGlobal Montreal
Montreal city hall locked down as anti-corruption squad conducts multiple raidsCTV News
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Stories from Chicago's dangerous streets
Chicago Tribune
"Crime Scene: A Chicago Anthology," far and away the best Collaboraction show I've seen these past 14 years, is indeed a call for collaborative action. The ensemble piece, which premiered Monday night and probes the current epidemic of violent crime in ...

This week, while we pick through our Valentine's Day chocolates looking for the good ones and watch our roses wilt, let's think about buying love. Not with chocolates, lingerie or jewelry, but with cash or credit card. Nina Burleigh http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nina-burleigh/

Irish Independent
Riot police battle with protestors in Greece
Irish Independent
TENS of thousands of Greeks took to the streets of Athens on Wednesday as part of a nationwide strike against austerity that confined ferries to ports, shut schools and left hospitals with only emergency staff.
Thousands of Greeks rally in anti-austerity strikeYahoo! News (blog)
Greeks strike, march in protest against austerityWisconsin State Journal
Unrelenting austerity: Greece hit by general strike — againMontreal Gazette

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Activists in Arizona called attention on Tuesday to one part of the immigration system they say needs fixing. Immigrant rights advocates gathered outside the federal... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roque-planas/

E! Online
Oscar Pistorius Murder Case: Police Found Testosterone, Needles Inside Home ...
E! Online
Pistorius and his defense maintain that he mistook his model girlfriend, 29, for an intruder. Prosecutors, on the other hand, allege that Steenkamp's murder was premeditated. The bail hearing is expected to conclude by the end of this week. RIP ...
Witness: Ammo, testosterone, needles found in Oscar Pistorius homeChicago Tribune
Prosecutors to outlineNBCNews.com
In Affidavit at Bail Hearing, Track Star Denies He Intended to Kill GirlfriendNew York Times
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After a thief walked out of a New York gallery with a Salvador Dali painting, then returned it by mail , observers were scratching their heads—but now they have an explanation, via prosecutors. Authorities arrested Greek fashion publicist Phivos Lampros Istavrioglou, 29, in the case; he has pleaded not guilty,...

Philadelphia Inquirer
5 charged in West Chester robbery, murder
Philadelphia Inquirer
5 charged in West Chester robbery, murder. Anthony Brightwell was one of five defendants arrested for the January 25, 2013 murder of Jamal Scott of West Chester. Gallery: Drug motive suspected in West Chester homicide ...
5 Arrested in West Chester MurderNBC 10 Philadelphia

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