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Crime, Law and Justice

No recording allowed at trial of former Minneapolis officer

No recording allowed at trial of former Minneapolis officer

A Minnesota judge says there will be no audio or video recording allowed during the trial of a former Minneapolis officer who shot and killed an Australian woman.
by Associated Press

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R. Kelly out on bail in sexual abuse case

R. Kelly out on bail in sexual abuse case

R&B star R. Kelly has been released from jail after posting the required bail of $100,000 -- 10 percent of the bond. He entered a not-guilty plea Monday in response to being charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
by Anastasia Tsioulcas

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Pope vows to end abuse cover-ups, but survivors disappointed by summit

Pope vows to end abuse cover-ups, but survivors disappointed by summit

Pope Francis closed out his summit on preventing clergy sex abuse by vowing to confront abusers with "the wrath of God." But his failure to offer a concrete action plan to hold bishops accountable when they failed to protect their flocks from predators disappointed survivors.
by Associated Press

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R. Kelly ordered jailed on $1M bond at Chicago hearing

R. Kelly ordered jailed on $1M bond at Chicago hearing

A judge on Saturday gave R. Kelly a chance to go free while the R&B star awaits trial on charges that he sexually abused four people, including three minors, in a case that seemed likely to produce another #MeToo reckoning for a celebrity.
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Sentencing memo: Manafort 'brazenly violated the law' for years

Sentencing memo: Manafort 'brazenly violated the law' for years

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort committed crimes that cut to "the heart of the criminal justice system," according to a sentencing memo filed Saturday by special counsel Robert Mueller's office.
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R. Kelly charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse

R. Kelly charged with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse

R. Kelly was charged Friday with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse, after decades of lurid rumors and allegations that the R&B star was sexually abusing women and underage girls.
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Police: Patriots owner Robert Kraft solicited prostitute

Police in Florida have charged New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution, saying they have videotape of him paying for a sex act inside an illicit massage parlor.
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U.S. citizen arrested in Mpls., charged in kidnapping of journalist in Somalia

According to a criminal complaint, Abdi Yusuf Hassan was part of a conspiracy to kidnap the journalist in January 2012 in Galkayo, Somalia, and demand $20 million in ransom. The journalist was released Sept. 23, 2014.
by Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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