Crime Newswire

Murder confession unsealed in Inman case
Columbus Dispatch
It had been sealed because Mrs. Inman might have testified in her husband's trial. She did not. A jury sentenced Bill Inman, 49, to life in prison without parole last month after convicting him of aggravated murder and other crimes in his daughter-in ...

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Islamist Detainees Riot in Roumieh to Ask for Amnesty
Naharnet
Islamist detainees in Roumieh prison held several members of the Internal Security Forces hostage after a small protest turned into a riot amid demands for general amnesty, the National News Agency and TV stations reported. NNA said the prisoners began ...

A Japanese court today convicted a pair of US Navy sailors in the rape and robbery of a young woman in an Okinawa parking lot, the AP reports. Seaman Christopher Browning, 24, accused of robbery after the rape, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, while Petty Officer 3rd Class...

Gulbarg riot victims and Teesta Setalvad divided over compensation?
Firstpost
Survivors of the Gulbarg society massacre, which took place in Ahmedabad during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, are apparently none too pleased with human rights activist Teesta Setalvad, who they say hasn't given them funds that she collected in ...

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CINEMA CURRENT: Riot after riot
Livemint
Abhishek Kapoor's Kai Po Che! is the third film after Rahul Dholakia's Parzania and Nandita Das's Firaaq to fictionalise the communal riots in Gujarat in 2002. It's also the most emotionally distant of the three movies. Parzania, about a Parsi boy who ...

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TOKYO — Two U.S. Navy sailors were convicted and sentenced to prison on Friday for raping and robbing a woman on Okinawa in a crime... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jade-walker/

KTLA
Renewed jury talks resume in CA corruption case
Seattle Post Intelligencer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury with a new member is resuming what amounts to new deliberations Friday in the public corruption trial of six former officials in the suburban Los Angeles city of Bell. A weeping juror was dismissed Thursday for committing ...
Misconduct found on jury in Calif. corruption trialCBS News
Juror Dismissed in Bell Corruption Trial; Deliberations to RestartKTLA
Juror dismissed in Bell corruption trial after looking up info online89.3 KPCC
Los Angeles Times
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How Does East Hampton's Police Department Stack Up? Crime and Budget Stats
Patch.com
"Crimes cleared," refers to the number of crimes that are either resulted in an arrest, or "some element beyond police control" precluded the arrest of the offender, (such as the death of the offender) according to the description contained in the ...

KTLA
Juror dismissed in Bell, Calif., corruption case; fresh deliberations resume ...
Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — A jury with a new member is resuming what amounts to new deliberations Friday in the public corruption trial of six former officials in the suburban Los Angeles city of Bell. A weeping juror was dismissed Thursday for committing ...
Juror Dismissed in Bell Corruption Trial; Deliberations to RestartKTLA
Juror dismissed in Bell corruption trial after looking up info online89.3 KPCC
Misconduct found on jury in Calif. corruption trialCBS News
Los Angeles Times
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South African authorities disarmed and suspended officers allegedly involved in an incident captured on video showing a man dragged on a road in the back of a police van, kicking and writhing.

An Army psychiatrist accused of opening fire and killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, will begin trial proceedings in three months, a military judge ruled.

“Corruption is a problem of standards”
Transparency International (press release) (blog)
Galia Sagi: We have a strong legislation concerning anti-corruption, but the enforcement must be realised by implementing norms such as a “zero-tolerance for corruption”. Corruption is a problem of norms, not legislation. If specific norms are not ...

Panelists address corruption in Africa
Yale Daily News (blog)
Experts from the fields of policy and academia came from across the country to present their research at a conference on corruption in Africa this Thursday. The panelists addressed issues including recent elections, local government accountability and ...

Haaretz
State witness in Holyland corruption case against former PM Olmert passes away
Haaretz
State witness in Holyland corruption case against former PM Olmert passes away. S.D., who suffered from severe health problems, died after testifying in court to seeing NIS millions in bribes passed to Ehud Olmert to expedite construction of the ...

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A Japanese court Friday sentenced two American servicemen to prison for a rape committed last year while they were on duty at a U.S. military base in Okinawa.

Haaretz
State witness in Holyland corruption case against former PM Olmert passed away
Haaretz
State witness in Holyland corruption case against former PM Olmert passed away. S.D., who suffered from severe health problems, died after testifying in court to seeing NIS millions in bribes passed to Ehud Olmert to expedite construction of the ...

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Remembering Vancouver's First Race Riot
TheTyee.ca
Eyewitness W.H. Gallagher. Early Vancouver, Volume One. This past Sunday marked an overlooked but instructive 126th anniversary. On Feb. 24,1887, a little over a year after it was incorporated, the city of Vancouver experienced its first full-scale ...

Dear Abby: Dad died, and son thinks it's murder
Philadelphia Inquirer
DEAR ABBY: I'm convinced my father's wife killed him and I don't know where to turn. I'm pretty sure it was assisted suicide, which is illegal in most states, including the state where he lived. I feel cheated and angry at my father's wife for not ...

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Council supports Tulsa crime panel's recommendations
Tulsa World
The group also recommended investing in a new records management system for the Tulsa Police Department, which could cost an estimated $7 million; examining the cost of hiring local Crime Stoppers operators, who are now based out of state; giving ...

Riot Police Staff Donate Blood to National Centre
AllAfrica.com
Luanda — Hundred Riot Police staff donated Thursday blood to National Blood and Haemotherapy centres of Military Hospital in Luanda. According to the inspector chief, Joaquim Alexandre, the acting chief of Riot Police Health Department, the activity ...