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Md. man gets life for killing state trooper

Cyril Cornelius Williams maintains his innocence in the June 2010 murder of Trooper Wesley Brown

May 10, 2012 10:24 AM

Calif. court OKs serial killer’s extradition to NY

Serial killer will be brought to New York to face charges in two 1970s killings

May 10, 2012 10:19 AM

Mother sues sheriff’s office over son’s jail death

Suzanne Logan filed a wrongful death lawsuit for $300,000

May 10, 2012 06:03 AM

Son of Sam killer denied parole in NY for 6th time

The Son of Sam terrorized New York City in 1976 and ’77 and took responsibility for a string of handgun assaults

May 08, 2012 02:51 PM

Rules would govern Calif. parolee homes

Newly released state prisoners convicted of nonviolent, nonserious and nonsexual crimes will be monitored by local authorities

May 01, 2012 06:58 AM

Deputy pleads no contest in burrito drug smuggling

A sheriff’s deputy has pleaded no contest to charges that he smuggled drugs into a courthouse jail by concealing them in a burrito

April 30, 2012 01:54 PM

Debate rages over severity of child-porn sentences

Doubts are growing within the judiciary about the reasonableness of the sentencing guidelines, as demonstrated by the extent to which judges are refusing to follow them

April 30, 2012 07:34 AM

NM to look at jail policies in light of suicides

Commissioners to consider additional updates to policies and procedures in response to federal government concerns about suicides

April 19, 2012 07:00 PM

Woman who allegedly had duo stab her gets prison

Jessalyn Stierwalt allegedly had two male acquaintances stab her so she could get out of going to a probation appointment

April 19, 2012 06:35 PM

Judge: Sex offender to remain free

Lonnie Johnson is a sex offender, a felon with one rape conviction and nearly two dozen charges of rape and sex assault is free due to a legal loophole

April 18, 2012 07:11 PM