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MEXICO CITY - Think before you tweet.
A former teacher turned radio commentator and a math tutor who lives with his mother sit in a prison in southern Mexico, facing possible 30-year sentences for terrorism and sabotage in what may be the most serious charges ever brought against anyone using a Twitter social network account.
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William Gould is a Partner in our Washington, D.C. office Michelle Hess is an Associate in our New York office Patrick O'Brien is a Partner in our ...
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William Gould is a Partner in our Washington, D.C. office Michelle Hess is an Associate in our New York office Patrick O'Brien is a Partner in our Was...
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By Will Bigham Staff Writer
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Staff Writer
A local group that wants to help sex offenders return to society is taking a major step.
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Federal prosecutors don't often file criminal charges involving campaign finance violations, but when they do the guilty rarely spend time behind bars.
In fact, of 26 criminal cases involving illegal contributions dating back to 1997, only six resulted in the guilty parties going to prison, and most everybody else received either probation or home detention, according to a sentencing memo in a recent case in federal court in Washington.
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By EMERY P. DALESIO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW BERN, N.C. Two brothers who watched as their father transformed their rural North Carolina family home i...
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Joe Daus listened carefully, but he just didn't get it.
He sat in a St. Louis city courtroom, one of 60 potential jurors called last month to Judge David Dowd's division. Even after rounds of questioning from the prosecuting attorney, Daus couldn't figure out what kind of trial this was.
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Applying criminological/victimological concepts and theories, the study addresses the social processes involved in Palestinians' suicide terrorism and describes Palestinians' pathways to suicide bombing. The data are derived from in-depth interviews of 7 male and female Palestinians serving prison sentences in Israel for attempted suicide bombing. The social background, context, and experiences of the interviewees, including their recruitment, interactions with the organizations that produce suicide bombing, the tangible and intangible incentives and rewards that motivated them to become suicide bombers, their preparation for the mission, and the strategies employed by the organizations to sustain recruits' resolve to conform to the plan are described and analyzed. The implications of t...
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Staff Writer
Lancaster County Prison is overcrowded and taxpayers can't afford to build a new one for $170 million, according to Scott Martin, chairman of the board of county commissioners.