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  • Suriname leader: Drug conviction 'almost a joke' (AP)

    Source: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News — 6th September 2010 at 18:15 (about 2 days ago)

    AP - Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse shrugged off questions about his past during his first overseas trip as elected president, saying Monday that he will not interfere in his ongoing murder trial and dismissing a 1999 drug conviction as "almost a joke." #

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  • Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case (AP)

    Source: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News — 6th September 2010 at 12:15 (about 2 days ago)

    AP - A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the actor decided he no longer wanted to face the pain of a new trial stemming from the death of his teenage son on the island chain. #

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  • Army: Ex-soldier takes 3 hospital workers hostage

    Source: msnbc.com: Crime & courts — 6th September 2010 at 11:45 (about 2 days ago)

    A former Army soldier demanding behavioral treatment at a Georgia military hospital took three workers hostage at gunpoint Monday before authorities persuaded the gunman to surrender peacefully. British Army - Military - Army - Hospital - United States #

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  • Obama getting fewer judges seated than Nixon

    Source: msnbc.com: Crime & courts — 6th September 2010 at 11:45 (about 2 days ago)

    President Barack Obama put fewer people on the bench than any president since Richard Nixon at a similar point in his first term 40 years ago. Barack Obama - Richard Nixon - President of the United States - United States - President #

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  • Van der Sloot admits extortion plot: 'Why not?'

    Source: msnbc.com: Crime & courts — 6th September 2010 at 06:45 (about 2 days ago)

    A Dutchman suspected in the disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway has reportedly confessed to a newspaper in his home country that he extorted money from the girl's parents. Natalee Holloway - United States - Extortion - Aruba - Peru #

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  • Greenpeace two get jail terms in Japan whale meat case (AFP)

    Source: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News — 6th September 2010 at 00:15 (about 2 days ago)

    AFP - A Japanese court Monday sentenced two Greenpeace activists to suspended one-year jail terms for stealing a box of whale meat that the group said was proof of embezzlement in state-run "research whaling". #

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  • Convicted killer Alfredo Prieto returning to Fairfax County court for resentencing

    Source: washingtonpost.com - — 5th September 2010 at 20:45 (about 2 days ago)

    Alfredo R. Prieto, convicted of three murders and two rapes , will return to a Fairfax County courtroom for a sentencing trial Tuesday morning, when Fairfax prosecutors will try for a third time to obtain the death penalty. #

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  • Race complicates reservation crime fight

    Source: msnbc.com: Crime & courts — 5th September 2010 at 03:45 (about 3 days ago)

    For more than two hours on the night of May 16, 2007, Shane Maggi terrorized a Native American couple at their home on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, pistol whipping them and firing bullets above the husband's head. Montana - Blackfeet - Indian reservation - Ethnicity - Native American #

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  • Mexican suspect in US consulate killings in Texas court (AFP)

    Source: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News — 4th September 2010 at 18:15 (about 4 days ago)

    AFP - A Mexican suspect in the March drive-by shooting of a US consulate worker in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez appeared at a closed-door hearing in a Texas court, the San Antonio News said Saturday. #

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  • Landfill searched for fifth victim in string of murders

    Source: msnbc.com: Crime & courts — 4th September 2010 at 14:15 (about 4 days ago)

    Authorities searched a Northern California landfill Friday for signs of a missing man authorities said might be a fifth murder victim linked to a suspect who was shot and killed by police after a high-speed chase on Aug. 31. Northern California - Murder - Police - Car chase - California #

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