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'World's Greatest Dad' gets 3-20 years in prison
A 33-year-old man who authorities say wore a "World's Greatest Dad" T-shirt to have sex with someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl has been sentenced to three to 20 years in prison. Oakland County Circuit Judge Michael Warren issued the sentence...Tags: Punishment, Sexual Assault, Abusive Behavior
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Glendale Heights man offers to plead guilty to setting 2 sons on fire
Chicago Tribune reporterThe Glendale Heights man accused of murdering his two young sons by setting them on fire has offered to plead guilty and spend the rest of his life in prison in an effort to avoid the death penalty. Kaushik Patel could make the plea as soon as his next...Tags: Naperville, Death Penalty, Punishment, Laws, Prosecution
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Man, 18, acquitted of murder in Dundalk robbery, slaying
Sun reporterA Baltimore County jury acquitted 18-year-old Jason Michael Hammonds of murder and robbery charges today in the death of a Dundalk man who police say was beaten during a burglary last year, a prosecutor said. Hammonds was convicted of fourth-degree...Tags: Theft, Dundalk, Punishment, Prosecution, Murder
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Ex-deputy gets 43 months to 15 years in sex case
A former Livingston County sheriff's deputy has pleaded guilty to molesting female inmates and will spend up to 15 years in prison. Thirty-four-year-old Randy Boos was sentenced Thursday to 43 months to 15 years in prison in Livingston County Circuit...Tags: Punishment
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Chicago rapist gets another 90 years
A Cook County judge has sentenced a man dubbed the "North Side rapist" to another 90 years in prison. Judge Dennis Porter sentenced 43-year-old Mario Villa on Thursday after his conviction for a 1999 sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl. Porter said the...Tags: Rape, Mario, Punishment, Sexual Assault, Assault
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Background on the Pontiac Correctional Center
NAME: Pontiac Correctional Center. AGE: 137 years old; opened in 1871 as a reform school for boys in Pontiac, Ill. INFAMOUS INMATES: Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray was an inmate in 1954, serving time for armed robbery. Home to hundreds...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Riots
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Illinois town fights long odds to save prison, jobs
Associated Press WriterWhen folks here heard the governor wanted to close the 137-year-old prison, sucking hundreds of jobs from the area, they mobilized in a way that only small towns can. They held rallies. There was a parade and a big photo shoot. Streets were lined with...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., State Budgets, Rod Blagojevich, Employees, Executive Branch
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Casey Anthony at home with family
Sentinel Staff WritersCLICK HERE FOR UPDATED VERSION OF THIS STORY Casey Anthony is at home after walking out of jail this morning. An entourage of vehicles, including the black Dodge Durango transporting Anthony from the Orange County Jail, converged at the Anthonys'...Tags: Lawyers, Constitutional Issues, Domino's Pizza Incorporated, Orange County Sheriff's Office, Political Systems
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King speech to Obama speech: A dream realized?
AP National WriterThe dreamer in him envisioned a day when "Whites Only" signs would no longer hang in restaurant windows. A time when everyone's desire to vote would be respected. A time when blacks and whites would work, pray and live together. He spoke of an America...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Laws, Retirement, Loans, Barack Obama
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Macomb prosecutor: Man responsible for 1994 rape
Associated Press WriterA DNA test ties a northern Michigan man to an unsolved rape in Macomb County in 1994, but no charge will be filed because the statute of limitations expired six years later, a prosecutor announced Thursday. The case made headlines in 2003 when another...Tags: Rape, Biotechnology Industry, Prosecution, Judges, Kevin Kline
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Arrest made in elderly woman's assault
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSA man accused of choking an 85-year-old woman in an elevator and stealing her cane and cash was arrested after a detective saw the surveillance video and recognized him from a similar assault, police said Thursday. The Aug. 14 mugging of Lillian France...Tags: Theft, Flatbush, Kensington, Raymond W. Kelly, Prosecution
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Man Convicted of Training Kids to Perform at Sex Club
Associated PressTYLER, Texas -- An auto body shop worker was convicted and swiftly sentenced to life in prison Thursday for grooming children as young as 5 to perform in sex shows at a small-town swingers club. Patrick "Booger Red" Kelly showed no emotion after the...Tags: Joe Murphy, Sexual Assault, Prosecution, Family, Lawyers
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