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O.J. Simpson, seeking new trial in robbery case
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O.J. Simpson is back in a Las Vegas courtroom for day two of a hearing dissecting his former lawyer's work in his 2008 robbery-kidnapping conviction.
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Paul Kevin Curtis: Charges dropped against ricin suspect
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The Mississippi man charged with sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a state judge had the charges against him dropped.
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Melissa King, Delaware teen pageant queen due in court
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A young woman who resigned as Miss Delaware Teen USA earlier this year after an online porn video surfaced is due to appear in court in Maryland.
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Aric Smith indicted on capital murder charge
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A man accused of fatally shooting a retired federal agent who was out walking his dog has been indicted on a capital murder charge.
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Angel Campos Tellez pleads to sex trafficking in Va.
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Twenty-seven-year-old Angel Campos Tellez admitted Wednesday in federal court in Alexandria that he helped run the ring, which operated between 2009 and 2012.
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Marshall Banks, James Garvin sentenced in Harry Thomas Jr. scheme
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Marshall Banks and James Garvin were sentenced Thursday. Each was given three years of supervised probation and ordered to perform 80 hours of community service and pay restitution.
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Antoine Jones, D.C. nightclub owner, to be retried for 4th time
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A government prosecutor said Tuesday at a court hearing that Antoine Jones will be retried after a jury couldn't reach a verdict during his third trial. The trial followed a victory for Jones at the U.S Supreme Court.
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Frank Klukosky pleads guilty to producing child porn
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A Laurel man has pleaded guilty to secretly videotaping a 13-year-old girl in a bathroom.
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Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty
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Jesse Jackson Jr. entered a guilty plea in federal court Wednesday to criminal charges that he misused campaign funds for his own personal use. A few hours later, his wife, Sandra Jackson, pleaded guilty to filing false joint federal income tax returns.
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Court conflicted on allowing outside use of FOIA
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed conflicted over whether it was legal for Virginia to block out-of-staters from using its Freedom of Information Act to get some of its state documents.
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Court tosses DC police retaliation verdict
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said in its opinion Friday that a lawyer for the officers made inappropriate comments to the jury during closing arguments.
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Chandra Levy case: Partial transcripts promised in Chandra Levy case
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The public will soon learn more about the subject of sealed hearings in the Chandra Levy murder case.
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Smithsonian parking-lot thefts in Va. exceeded $1M
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Authorities have now determined that parking-lot employees stole more than $1.3 million from the Smithsonian at the museum's Air and Space annex in Chantilly.
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Luel Hayes Jr. sentenced for 2009 homicide, sexual assault
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A 43-year-old man will spend 38 years in prison for a 2009 murder and sexual assault.
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Justin Wolfe: Appeals court considering Va. inmate's release
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A federal appeals panel seemed uncomfortable Monday with the notion of prohibiting a state court from retrying a capital murder defendant whose first conviction was overturned because of prosecutorial misconduct.
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John Leopold trial: Officer says he didn't tell Leopold no
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Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold's chief of staff says a member of his security detail put together a file on a political opponent.
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Santae Tribble exonerated for 1978 slaying
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A judge has formerly declared the innocence of Santae Tribble, 51, a Washington man who spent 28 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.
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Prosecutors defend actions in capital retrial
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Prosecutors are defending their conduct in pursuing new capital murder charges against an alleged northern Virginia drug dealer whose initial death sentence was overturned on accusations of prosecutorial misconduct.
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