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Glasses cam footage helps convict South Carolina man in near-fatal shooting of officer

by Brian Seay

“Dispatch, please tell my family I love them,” Officer Quincy Smith can be heard saying in the video, just moments after he was shot in the neck.

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Appellate panel upholds 12 year sentence for Army veteran convicted of having child porn

by Brian Seay

Keith Michael Novak will continue to serve his 12-year sentence handed down last year, following the second federal case against him in recent years.

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Ohio judge requires teens to write report on war as part of sentencing (VIDEO)

by Jennifer Cruz

In addition to jail time and community service, the duo must read books about World War II and Vietnam, then write a report on how the books impacted them.

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Washington store owner gets 8 years for killing shoplifter

by Jennifer Cruz

The store owner claimed he fired in self-defense but evidence, including surveillance video, showed he shot the shoplifter in the back as he attempted to leave empty handed.

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Man exonerated for 1992 Michigan murder: ‘They switched the bullets on me’

by Brian Seay

Desmond Ricks’ exoneration earlier this month set off an internal affairs investigation at the Detroit Police Department.

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Teen girl who fatally shot abusive dad will spend time in treatment center, not jail

by Jennifer Cruz

Defense attorneys say the father of Bresha Meadows dished out years of abuse before the girl shot him in the head with a .45-caliber handgun as he slept.

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Man accidentally released from prison 90 years early back in custody over immigration status

by Jennifer Cruz

Lima-Marin was serving 98 years when, due to a paperwork error, he was accidentally released in 2008. Only officials didn’t realize he was gone until 2014.

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Convict commuted by Obama ‘executed’ at Michigan halfway house

by Jennifer Cruz

A former drug dealer who had his prison sentence recently commuted by President Obama was brutally killed at a halfway house in Saginaw on Monday.

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Chicago gang leader sentenced to 22 years for selling guns, cocaine

by Andrew Shepperson

A gang leader and convicted felon has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for dealing cocaine and firearms on Chicago's southwest side.

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Obama grants Chelsea Manning commutation

by Jennifer Cruz

Manning will be freed in May thanks to a commutation – one of 209 – announced by the White House Tuesday, just days before the end of Obama’s presidency.

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Man who tried to take cop’s gun at Trump rally sentenced to 1 year

by Jennifer Cruz

Judge James Mahan said he did not believe Michael Sandford was evil or really wanted to kill Trump, but that he has a medical problem and needs help.

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First of Oregon standoff defendants sentenced

by Jennifer Cruz

While Corey Lequieu could have spent the next six years in prison, the judge handed him a two sentence with three years of supervised release.

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