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Rapper Corey 'C-Murder' Miller Convicted Of Second-Degree Murder

Rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller has been convicted for the second time of killing a 16-year-old fan, Steve Thomas, in a 2002 nightclub shooting in Louisiana. The first conviction in 2003 was overturned after it was...

Beauty Contests Bastions of Commitment to Principles & Integrity?

SHANNA MOAKLER RESIGNS FROM POST AS MISS CALIFORNIA PAGEANT DIRECTOR Just one day after learning that Carrie Prejean will keep her Miss California crown, state pageant director Shanna Moakler resigned. According...

Jailed for 10 years, Muslim pilot, Co-pilot, who paused to pray

This story came out of the UK today. Italian courts sentenced the pilot and co-pilot to ten years in jail on what we in the Anglo-American jurisprudence system would call negligent homicide. Several other employees...

Bush Pardons 14 and Commutes 2 Prison Sentences; More Expected

George Bush announced the pardons of 14 individuals and commuted 2 prison sentences today, and many more are expected to receive the same breaks before the president concludes his term on January...

No early release for dying Lockerbie bomber

The man convicted for perpetrating the Lockerbie bombing, the worst act of terrorism in British history, has had his appeal for early release rejected in Scotland. The man is suffering from cancer, but witnesses...

Cit Bus Driver Arrested On DUI While Driving Passengers

"WAIMANALO, Hawaii -- Police arrested a Honolulu city bus driver on Thursday night on charges he allegedly drove the bus while drunk with passengers on board. Searle Pestana, 61, has been a driver with The Bus for...

Medical student barred over spent burglary conviction offered second chance

" A straight-A student who was told he could not study medicine because of a spent criminal conviction has now been offered an interview at a top medical school. The University of Manchester's medical school...

Dozens of murder cases at risk after collapse of hitman trial

A Law Lords ruling last week that concluded that accused criminals in England and Wales have the right to see those who are accusing them of crimes has thrown the entire English criminal justice system in the into...

Canada's Drug Culture: Guilty of Murder in the 1st degree

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly a life sentence deserving of the crime.Perhaps a Message that should be applied here by our Justice System here in British Columbia, but won't be, as Drugs and...

Britain says nuh uh to Martha Stewart

Authorities have denied Martha Stewart from entering Britain, apparently because of her white collar criminal past. Is it a good thing?" WARSAW, Poland - Martha Stewart has been banned from Britain — but she got a warm welcome Friday in Poland, her...

New campaign highlights lasting damage of Drink Driving

Drinking and driving effects everyone, everywhere."About three in every ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives. Learn More"Department for...

Josef Fritzl's 'rape victims' come forward

"Police files revealing that Josef Fritzl had previous convictions and chargesfor rape emerged today as his victims came forward to speak about theirordeals."

Scott Weiland Pleads No Contest to DUI

This is the second DUI conviction for the former-Velvet Revolver singer and STP frontman. Let's give him a hand for consistent inconsistency..."Scott Weiland has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor drunken driving...

Foxy Brown Gets Out of Jail

"Fly girls / get your nails done / get your hair did"...just don't go punchin' the nice lady who didn't properly apply that rhinestone sunset to your left pinky.That'll cost you a year's worth of freedom, Foxy....

Inmate Freed After 14 Years On Death Row

What an upheaval of one's life it must be to go from imprisonment and a death row sentence to being a free man, overnight.But that is an adjustment that I'm sure freed inmate Glen Edward Chapman is only too happy...

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