Crime & Punishment News

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - A jury has ruled that a ranch company's negligence helped lead to a 2005 landslide that killed 10 people in a community on California's Central Coast. The Ventura County Superior

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Killer of train passengers gets 11 life sentences - 3 Hours ago

A judge has sentenced a man convicted of causing a deadly commuter rail crash to 11 consecutive life sentences, denouncing him as a remorseless killer. Superior Court Judge William Pounders said Wednesday

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Conn. jury convicts man dubbed 'Dinnertime Bandit' for evening break-ins at wealthy - 79 Minutes ago

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A Connecticut jury has convicted the man dubbed the 'dinnertime bandit' for robbing wealthy homes in the evening while residents were eating dinner. The six Superior Court jurors

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Ex-Pa. teacher gets prison for sex with student - 72 Minutes ago

PITTSBURGH -- A former gym teacher will spend up to three years in prison for having sex with a 14-year-old freshman, and sending the boy erotic text messages and nude photos of herself by cell phone.

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9 inmates die trying to escape prison in Cameroon - 117 Minutes ago

Nine inmates were electrocuted Wednesday while trying to escape from one of Cameroon's largest prisons, a staff member of the justice minister said. Their bodies were found draped around the prison's

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Probe into woman's stabbing death - 2 Hours ago

Detectives are examining a knife found close to where a young Brazilian woman was stabbed to death. A 35-year-old man - also Brazilian - was being questioned about the murder of Kziaz Gomez Jose in Co

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Baby beater jailed for six months - 4 Hours ago

The baby was bruised but made a full recoveryA man who was caught on camera repeatedly punching a friend's sleeping baby has been jailed for six months.The parents of the 20-month-old boy had become concerned

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Lake County sheriff checks into jail for week - 72 Minutes ago

Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran walked into the county jail in Waukegan on Wednesday wearing a gray suit and necktie, but before long he changed into the outfit he'll wear for the next week: a navy blue