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A juror at the trial of Jodi Arias has complained to the presiding judge that a reporter approached the juror, the courthouse public information officer... David Lohr http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-lohr/

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FBI Probing Kickbacks By Panasonic Supplier
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The FBI said this week federal prosecutors charged William McMahon, CEO and co-owner of Trustin Technology, and Sean Volin, who was a manager for Pansonic Corp. of North America at its Secaucus, N.J., office, with wire fraud. McMahon paid kickbacks ...

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Prince George's County man pleads guilty to 1990 murder, rapes
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A Prince George's County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to a murder and two rapes he committed in 1990, authorities said. Thomas Lee Posey, 57, raped and strangled to death a 22-year-old woman and raped two 20-year-old college students, the State's ...
Man Pleads Guilty to 1990 MurderNBC4 Washington
Man Pleads Guilty To Murder, 2 Rapes From 1990W*USA 9
Convicted rapist admits to cold-case murder, sex attacksWashington Examiner
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An editorial in today's Houston Chronicle called for DNA testing in the case of Texas death row inmate Larry Swearingen, who is facing a February 27 execution date. The Houston Chronicle writes:

You'd think that granting that petition would be a no-brainer: Texas, where DNA has exonerated 48 people convicted of serious crimes, leads the nation in the number of wrongful convictions that such science has exposed; and Swearingen, convicted on circumstantial evidence and shaky eyewitness accounts, is supported by the Innocence Project, which has argued that it's "nearly impossible" that he could have committed the crime of which he's accused.

The current DNA testing statute was expanded by the Texas Legislature in direct response to Swearingen's unsuccessful requests for testing. A Montgomery County District Court Judge is conducting a hearing today to determine whether to grant Swearingen's request for DNA testing of the ligature used to strangle the victim, her fingernail scrapings, clothing and other evidence.

Read the full editorial.

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