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Attorneys meet to discuss Jodi Arias case	20.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
PHOENIX—Jodi Arias returns to court Thursday for the first time since the penalty phase of her case ended in mistrial last month as lawyers discuss plans for a new trial to decide the punishment for the convicted murderer.
12 Indonesian soldiers on trial over prison attack	20.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia—Soldiers from Indonesia's elite special forces have gone before a military court charged with storming a prison and killing four detainees on the main Java island.
ICRC says opening its Guantanamo files would set dangerous precedent	19.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
No court in the world has ever ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to open its confidential files on prisoner visits and the U.
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Red Cross Guantanamo reports sought in 9/11 case	19.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba—The International Committee of the Red Cross urged a military judge Tuesday to refuse a request to open its confidential communications with U.
Caldwell: How will history judge nation's response to terror?	18.6.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
History may be a harsh judge of the way this country has compromised civil liberties and expanded executive power in the fearful days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
How will history judge nation's response to terror?	18.6.2013	Denver Post: Opinion
History may be a harsh judge of the way this country has compromised civil liberties and expanded executive power in the fearful days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Former 'Whitey' Bulger associate tells of drive-by killings	18.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
A former criminal associate of James "Whitey" Bulger told jurors hearing the accused mob boss's murder and racketeering trial on Monday about killing rivals in drive-by shootings as his friend
Soccer: Players, father convicted of manslaughter in death of linesman	17.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
The Associated Press Published Jun 17, 2013 08:48AM MDT Amsterdam • A Dutch court convicted six young soccer players and the father of one of the athletes of manslaughter Monday for kicking to death a volunteer linesman after a youth match last December in a brutal attack that shocked this soccer-loving nation. Judges in Lelystad sentenced the 50-year-old father, identified only as El-Hasan D, to six years in prison. Five teenage players were given two-year sentences in youth detention for their roles in the attack and another was sentenced to a ye... ...
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9/11 accused due back in court at Guantanamo	17.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba—Five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of helping orchestrate the Sept.
Once key in some cases, bite-mark evidence now derided as unreliable	17.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
At least 24 men convicted or charged with murder or rape based on bite marks on the flesh of victims have been exonerated since 2000, many after spending more than a decade in prison.
House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill	15.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage about the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress.
House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill	15.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Donna Cassata and Richard Lardner The Associated Press Published Jun 14, 2013 09:16PM MDT Washington • The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress. Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted 315-108 for the legislation, which would block President Barack Obama from closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and limit his efforts to re... ...
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House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill with new punishments for sexual assault	15.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Donna Cassata and Richard Lardner The Associated Press Published Jun 14, 2013 06:19PM MDT Washington • The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress. Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted 315-108 for the legislation, which would block President Barack Obama from closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and limit his efforts to red... ...
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No sex offender hearing for Ohio football player	14.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
COLUMBUS, Ohio—A judge has canceled a sex offender hearing for one of two Ohio high school football players convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl last year.
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House considers jail term for military sex assault	14.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
WASHINGTON—The House is heading toward passage of a sweeping defense bill that reflects the outrage among lawmakers over the growing number of sexual assaults in the military.
Ex-parole chief Tim Hand says 211 Crew prison gang also targeted him, others	14.6.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
The parolee blamed for killing corrections chief Tom Clements was working from a hit list that also named parole director Tim Hand and two other corrections employees, Hand said Thursday.
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At trial, Family hears details of how man died in slaying	14.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Marissa Lang The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 13, 2013 08:17PM MDT Wound by wound, a medical examiner on Thursday walked a jury through how Kaleb Yazzie died in the early morning hours of July 31, 2012. He counted off cuts: one, a gash in the neck that pierced Yazzie’s jugular; two, an incision to the chest that stopped short when the blade hit a rib; three, a deep wound that sliced the tissue around Yazzie’s heart. Seven in all. As the expert began to explain the final wound, Yazzie’s family left the 3rd District courtroom, tears streaming down cheeks, hands... ...
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Trial begins in stabbing death of Utah man at drug-fueled party	13.6.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Marissa Lang The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 12, 2013 01:26PM MDT Kaleb Yazzie was acting out the night he was killed. He was drunk and “belligerent,” witnesses said. Surrounded by strangers at an alcohol-soaked party in a house near Capitol Hill, the 22-year-old was uncooperative, made inappropriate remarks and gestures, touched things that weren’t his. Yazzie was a problem. But was he dangerous? That’s the question prosecutors and defense attorneys are posing to jurors in the murder trial of Adam Karr, the party host accused of stabbing Yazzie to death on J... ...
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Tunisia imprisons 3 European topless activists	13.6.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
TUNIS, Tunisia—A Tunisian court on Wednesday convicted three European feminist activists who staged a topless courthouse protest last month, sentencing them to four months and a day in prison, a court official said.
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Ohio man pleads not guilty in big kidnap case	12.6.2013	azcentral.com \| news
Ohio man pleads not guilty in big kidnap case
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