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The Supreme Court says police generally need a search warrant if they want to track criminal suspects’ movements by collecting information about where they’ve used their cellphones.
6.22.2018
11:14am
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A Mississippi man admitted Thursday that he killed two Roman Catholic nuns, pleading guilty to murder in an agreement that avoided the death penalty, which was opposed by the women's families and their religious orders.
6.22.2018
11:11am
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A new study found that ballot measure Prop. 47 reduced felony drug arrests by nearly 75 percent across California, and also helped to alleviate some of the inequality between blacks and whites in how often they got arrested on drug charges.
6.22.2018
11:09am
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Tacoma police have arrested a man suspected of killing a 12-year-old girl more than three decades ago. The News Tribune reports 66-year-old Gary Hartman was booked into Pierce County Jail Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of first-degree murder in the...
6.22.2018
10:47am
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In the city that's home to Hollywood, even releasing police body camera footage is a high-quality production. Los Angeles police made public body camera video under a new policy that requires the public see footage within 45 days of a "critical incident...
6.22.2018
10:25am
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The Burglary Microbiome Project, an ongoing study using mock crime scenes and scientific sampling of homes, residents and intruders, is underway to lay the groundwork for implementing the concept in real life, according to a group of scientists from...
6.21.2018
1:53pm
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The Atlanta Police Department learned earlier this year how virtual forms of evidence can not only be stolen, but wiped from existence, when ransomware attacks in March resulted in the loss of “years” of dashcam footage. And this is not the first time...
6.21.2018
1:46pm
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Sixteen-year-old Brendan Dassey's confession—seen by viewers nationwide as part of the Netflix series "Making a Murderer"—should never have been used to convict him, his lawyers say, and they're hoping the Supreme Court agrees to take his case. They say...
6.21.2018
10:35am
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Marijuana will be legal nationwide in Canada starting Oct. 17 in a move that should take market share away from organized crime and protect the country's youth, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.
6.21.2018
10:32am
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The mother of a 4-year-old boy whose naked body was found on a South Texas beach last year admitted to authorities that she beat him and denied him medical care after he suffered a head injury from running into a wall, then drove to Galveston in the...
6.21.2018
10:27am
