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Report: Terrell Owens makes weekend visit to Chad Johnson in Broward jail
From the WebESPN.com reports that former receiving great Terrell Owens visited his ex-Cincinnati Bengals teammate Chad Johnson at the Broward County Jail on Saturday. Owens tweeted: "I really didn't know what to expect but to see the homie locked up is a very...Tags: Chad, Chad Johnson, Butterfly Ballots, Broward County
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Final defendants in Lehigh Valley meth ring sentenced
The final two defendants in what state prosecutors called a multimillion-dollar Lehigh Valley methamphetamine ring were sentenced Friday to state prison. Edward W. Pope Jr., 34, of Easton will serve four to 10 years after earlier pleading guilty to...Tags: Justice System, Allentown, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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Seminar to train team to fight child sex trafficking
An interfaith coalition outraged by child sex trafficking is getting ready to make sex abuse and child prostitution prominent issues in South Florida's houses of worship. A team of advocates will be trained in Delray Beach on June 22 by Shared Hope...
Tags: Palm Beach County, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Abusive Behavior
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Lake schools should teach about Sheriff Willis McCall and book 'Devil in the Grove'
I'd met the man, but stories about the late Sheriff Willis McCall were just that: stories. His personal appearance, when he came into the Sentinel office in the 1980s, only fed the fiction of the quintessential Southern sheriff determined to keep both...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Authors, U.S. Supreme Court, The New York Times
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Judgment time in ballot case
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Once a prominent force in local politics, with his stout figure and bespectacled face a given at events like Dyngus Day, former chairman of the county's Democratic Party Owen "Butch" Morgan will be sentenced Monday for his role in a ballot...Tags: Justice System, Voting, Fakes, Hoaxes, and Impostors, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Jesse Jackson Jr. lawyers fear he won't get mental health care in prison
— Lawyers for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who awaits sentencing July 3, say he needs ongoing mental health treatment for a mood disorder and assert he is unlikely to get suitable care if sent to prison. "It is unlikely that Mr. Jackson will be...Tags: Psychiatrists, Behavioral Conditions, Prosecution, Health and Medical Professionals, Mood Disorders
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Iranians' desire for change fueled presidential upset
TEHRAN — The stunning landslide election of Hassan Rowhani as Iran's next president highlighted a deep frustration among many Iranians about the direction of their country, especially an economy marred by skyrocketing prices, stagnant salaries and...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Kerry, Science and Technology, Bashar Assad
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June 15 In History: One of the 21 hunger strikers at the El Centro Alien Detention Center collapsed Sunday
>> 50 Years Ago — HEBER — Joana Cruz, 3, daughter of Frank Cruz, of El Centro, fell from the family car on 10th Street in Heber yesterday afternoon. The car was driven by her father, according to Highway Patrol. He took Joana to El Centro...Tags: Career and Workplace, Strikes, Highway Transportation
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Irvine attorney pleads guilty to embezzlement charges
An Irvine attorney was sentenced to one year in jail and restitution for embezzling more than $150,000 and defrauding his clients, authorities said. Tuan Thanh Tran, 44, pleaded guilty Friday to 10 felony counts of embezzlement by a fiduciary of trust,...Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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After jail scandal, spotlight on growing role of women officers
The 19-year-old felt sick to her stomach when she stepped into the Baltimore prison once nicknamed "Supermax" for her first day of work as a corrections officer. The place was dark and dingy, and she had never been around so many men before. When...
Tags: Justice System, U.S. Supreme Court, Employment Opportunities, Justice and Rights, Prosecution
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Man charged with having sexual contact with a minor sentenced
RAPID CITY, S.D. - A 20-year-old Hill City man got 180 days in jail with work release after earlier pleading guilty to having sexual contact with a minor. Judge Thomas Trimble on Friday also gave Channing Bartels a two-year suspended prison sentence....
Tags: Prosecution, Punishment
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Guantanamo, hunger strikes and medical ethics
As prisoners continue to wage a hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, a pointed opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine argues that military physicians who oversee such feedings are guilty of aggravated assault and should...
Tags: Ethics, Values, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Religion and Belief
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