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High court moves away from leniency for minors who murder

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WASHINGTON — After more than a decade in which the Supreme Court moved gradually toward more leniency for minors convicted of murder, the justices...

High court moves away from leniency for minors who murder

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WASHINGTON — After more than a decade in which the Supreme Court moved gradually toward more leniency for minors convicted of murder, the justices...

Man whose NYC subway pipe-bomb fizzled gets life in prison

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NEW YORK — A judge sentenced a Bangladeshi immigrant whose pipe bomb mostly misfired in a busy New York City subway station in 2017...

Research on shaken baby syndrome helps free 15-year inmate

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SAN FRANCISCO — A man imprisoned for 15 years in the death of his month-old son is free after prosecutors and a judge agreed...

EXPLAINER: Why is Chauvin unlikely to face maximum sentence?

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MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin is already locked away in Minnesota's only maximum-security prison, held in a single cell for his own safety. But it...

Man charged in pastor’s wife’s slaying sentenced to 29 years

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INDIANAPOLIS — A man charged in connection with the fatal shooting of an Indianapolis pastor’s pregnant wife in 2015 has been sentenced to 29...

Ex-Arizona official gets more prison time in adoption scheme

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SALT LAKE CITY — A former Arizona politician could serve up to 15 years in prison for operating an illegal adoption scheme involving women...

Suburban Chicago woman gets 6.5 years for labor trafficking

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CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago woman was sentenced Tuesday to six and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to charges alleging she...

A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police

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MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin i s charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death after pressing his knee into...

A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police

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MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin i s charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd's death after pressing his knee into...