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Shank lobbies for parole, probation bills
andrews@herald-mail.comSen. Christopher B. Shank, R-Washington, pitched a two-part idea for criminal justice reform on Thursday to a Senate committee. Shank and Del. Michael J. Hough, R-Frederick/Washington, are pushing for measures they say could make the prison system fairer...Tags: Maryland, Washington, DC, Crime, Law and Justice, Unions, Prisons
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City has to play Grinch to balance the budget
It’s the Christmas decorations, stupid.
Here we’ve all been fretting and wringing our hands over government spending, trying to figure out how to cut millions and billions and trillions (oh, my) from bloated public budgets, when the answer...Tags: Religious Festivals, Television, Shamrock, Christmas, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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Arizona sheriff illegally used racial profiling, judge rules
TUCSON — A federal judge has ruled that the immigration enforcement policies of the man who calls himself "America's toughest sheriff" violated the Constitution by using racial profiling. For years, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has ordered...
Tags: Minority Groups, Immigration, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Social Issues
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Judge finds Ariz. sheriff's office racially profiles Latinos in immigration patrols PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Immigration, Crime, Law and Justice, Holidays, Evgeni Malkin
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Angelina Jolie's act will save women's lives
Los Angeles TimesFour days after her April 27 breast reconstruction, the third and final surgery aimed at sparing her an early death from breast cancer, Angelina Jolie was in good spirits at home. Upon paying a house call, her surgeon, Dr. Kristi Funk of the Pink Lotus...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Biology, U.S. Supreme Court, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Ovarian Cancer
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Council ponders surveillance cameras
The City Council wants to know how much it will cost to install a video monitoring system in public areas of town before deciding what the cameras should monitor. City staff will research the cost of equipment and installation for two options favored by...Tags: Boston Marathon, Crime, Law and Justice, Sports, Google Inc.
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Obama puts restrictions on drone program
WASHINGTON — Reining back the aggressive counter-terrorism strategy he has embraced for five years, President Obama declared clear, public restrictions for the first time on using unmanned aircraft to kill terrorists, a shift likely to significantly...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, George W. Bush, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, International Military Interventions
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Obama reveals conflicted thinking on drone strikes
WASHINGTON — At times defensive, solemn, lawyerly and personal, President Obama on Thursday offered a rare glimpse of the burden that the nation's fight against terrorism has placed on the man who leads it. In a speech spanning nearly an hour, the...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Islam, U.S. Department of Justice, Career and Workplace, Strikes
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Assembly Votes to Indefinitely Postpone Public Testimony Reform Ordinance
Channel 2 NewsThe Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously to indefinitely postpone Ordinance 63, a proposal to reform public testimony policy, shortly before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Dozens lined up at Assembly chambers to take a stand on taking the stand, which was...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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ACLU condemns prosecution of girl facing charges in same-sex relationship
ACLU of Florida has condemned the prosecution of Kaitlyn Hunt, a high-school student who is facing felony charges in connection with her same-sex relationship with a younger student. "While effective laws are certainly needed to protect Florida's...Tags: Prosecution, Trials
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L.A. County supervisor outlines a new jail proposal
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky wants the board to consider tearing down part of the troubled Men's Central Jail and building a facility to house mentally ill and drug addicted inmates, which he says would offer all prisoners a better chance...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, Prisons, Lee Baca
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