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California prisons haven't improved mental healthcare enough, court says
SACRAMENTO — A federal judge Friday rejected Gov. Jerry Brown's claim that California has improved its mental healthcare for inmates enough to end 17 years of court oversight, a victory for prisoners' lawyers who say they will use it to seek further...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Judges
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Former O.C. Sheriff Carona loses bid to get out of prison
Former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona will continue serving time in federal prison on a witness tampering conviction after a judge denied a request by the former lawman's attorneys to shorten his sentence. Attorneys for Carona, 57, who was once...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Justice System, Lawyers, Judges
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1917 billboard war
FrameworkAfter a 1917 U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Los Angeles Times campaigns against billboards in residential areas.... -
O'Connor questions court's decision to take Bush v. Gore
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor hasn't given much thought to which was the most important case she helped decide during her 25 years on the bench. But she has no doubt which was the most controversial. It was Bush v. Gore, which...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Politics, Lobbying, George W. Bush, Elections
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Leo Branton Jr. dies at 91; civil rights lawyer defended Angela Davis
Leo Branton Jr., a civil rights and entertainment lawyer whose stirring defense of '60s radical Angela Davis brought him his most celebrated victory in a six-decade career often spent championing unpopular cases, died of natural causes Friday in Los...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, U.S. Army, Northwestern University, Celebrities, Nicholas Brothers
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Schuylkill County man gets new trial in murder-for-hire case
The state Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's decision granting a new trial for Ronald G. Champney, a Schuylkill County man who was sentenced to death in a 1992 murder-for-hire case. In an evenly divided decision, the high court agreed police had...Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Crimes, Punishment, Judges
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Prisons chief says more releases could 'unravel' realignment
California prisons chief Jeffrey Beard says he is concerned more reductions of the state prison population would overwhelm counties already struggling with the state's 2011 realignment program. The state achieved a 25,000 reduction in its prison...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Jerry Brown
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Child rapist asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case
A lawyer for John Joseph Merzbacher, a former Catholic school teacher imprisoned for raping a student decades ago, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case after a federal appeals court rejected an earlier argument that he should be set free....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Justice System, Trials, Christianity
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California, late to the gay marriage altar
California finds itself in an unaccustomed place these days: behind the curve. Another state, Rhode Island, and two more countries, France and New Zealand, were just added to the steadily growing list of places where same-sex marriage will receive full...
Tags: Politics, Family, Social Issues, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage
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Feds: Ex-water supervisor hid use of tainted well
Crestwood's former water supervisor may have signed public documents that concealed the use of a contaminated well, but she was merely a clerk who took orders from top village officials, one of her attorneys told a federal jury Tuesday. "Theresa...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Prosecution, Justice System, Politics, Medical Research
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Sandra Day O'Connor ready for female president, but won't say who
PHOENIX — Sandra Day O’Connor is, obviously, quite familiar with historic firsts. Some 200-plus years after the nation’s birth she became the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. There have been three more women appointed...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Elections
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Legislative deal keeps major campaign-finance loophole
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature passed a plan Wednesday to inject more cash into elections as part of a broader reform that eliminates some political slush funds politicians have used to support their "filet mignon" lifestyles. As part of a...
Tags: Regional Elections, Politics, Executive Branch, Mike Fasano, Economy, Business and Finance
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