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The Jury Drama Continues in Murder TrialThe jury drama in Courtroom 48 continued on Tuesday with the judge removing a Juror No. 1 from the jury because others jurors complained that he refused to...
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A Jury Today Found An Oxnard Man Guilty of First Degree Murder After Jury ControversyAn Oxnard man accused of using a ruse to lure his victim to a dark and isolated place to kill him and steal his drug...
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Two Alleged Oxnard Gang Members Will Stand Trial for Trying to Kill a Ventura Resident A judge found sufficient evidence to hold two Oxnard men for trial in connection to an attempted murder, a...
View ArticleTwo Mississippi Cops Plead Guilty To Accepting Bribes to Protect Cocaine Deals
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI - Two former Jackson Police Department patrol officers pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to protect a drug shipment coming into Hawkins Field in Jackson, according to the U.S....
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"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face." - Victor Hugo
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Judge to Decide Whether Man Insane When He Killed a 6-Year-Old Boy Closing arguments begin Friday morning in the Calvin Sharp murder case who is accused of stabbing to death 6-year-old Sev'n Molina...
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CORRECTION: After the lunch break in the Calvin Sharp sanity trial today, prosecutor Maeve Fox resumed her closing arguments to the judge by saying that she wanted to point out the misinformation being...
View ArticleCalvin Sharp Trial Ends, Judge Will Rule in a Couple of Weeks
By Raul HernandezVentura County StarCalvin Sharp's lawyer said Friday the evidence his client is insane is overwhelming, including the testimony of six mental health experts, two of whom were...
View ArticleZeta Hitman Sentenced To Life In Prison in Federal Court
LAREDO, TX-- A hitman for the Zetas who was linked to the Gulf Cartel was sentenced to life in prison in federal court last week, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Gerardo Castillo-Chavez,...
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Hells Angel Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail for Misdemeanor Assault with a Baseball Bat A member of the Hells Angels was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years probation for misdemeanor assault...
View ArticleL.A. Man Stole Elderly IDs, Going to Prison for More Than Six Years
LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles man who stole the IDs of elderly victims was sentenced Monday to more than six years in prison for identity theft and credit card fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's...
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"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." -- Dorothy Thompson
View ArticleFormer Sheriff & Son Going to Prison for Beating Georgia Inmates
GEORGIA - Former Sheriff Stacy Bloodsworth, of Wilcox County, pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting a jail inmate in 2009, and subsequently, conspiring to cover up the assault, according to the U.S....
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Key Prosecution Witness' Entire Testimony Tossed Out After She Takes the Stand in Burglary TrialClosing arguments begin Thursday morning in Courtroom 41 in the trial of a man accused of burglarizing a...
View ArticleL.A. Customs Supervisor Arrested for Allegedly Taking Bribes
LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities arrested a U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor on charges that he was accepting bribes to allow others, including his ex-wife, to smuggle goods into the...
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In Two States a Criminal Defendant Can be Convicted With Less Than 12 Jury VotesPeople have always taken the position that a jury in a criminal case has to have a unanimous vote of 12 jurors to get a...
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Simi Valley Man Held to Answer in The Death of His Live-In GirlfriendThe victim's 15-year-old daughter came home and found her mother's badly beaten and bloody body on the bed, and her five-year-old...
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ATLANTA--A 50-year-old woman was sentenced last week to more than three years in prison for embezzling $800,000 from the law firm where she worked as a legal secretary, according to the U.S. Attorney's...
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"A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis." Ralph W. Sockman
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Murder For Hire Trial Underway at Ventura County Superior Cour Pacoima businessman Barry Carlisi wanted Tom MacCallister dead. So, Carlisi hired his pal who lived in a bus housed in an industrial...
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