Law_Crime

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Members of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, demonstrate outside the Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford, Fla., on Monday, June 10, 2013, the first day of trial for George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

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"I do think what's at stake are some really important protections," said Myrna Perez, senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice. (Brennan Center)

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Weapons and other evidence recovered from the gunman in Friday's deadly shooting rampage that left four people dead, in Santa Monica, Calif are displayed Saturday June 8, 2013, in Santa Monica. The gunman would kill a woman outside a school library before dying from police gunfire.(AP Photo/Tami Abdollah)

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Sean Benschop, 42, who also goes by the name Kary Roberts, was allegedly high while operating demolition equipment when a downtown building collapsed and killed six people, will be charged with involuntary manslaughter, a top city official said Friday, June 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Shannon Richardson poses for a photo, in Texarkana, Texas in this undated photo. Richardson made an initial appearance in a Texarkana, Texas, courtroom Friday, June 7, 2013, after being charged with mailing a threatening communication to the president. She could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted, U.S. attorney's office spokeswoman Davilyn Walston said. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Ariel Castro, accused of holding three women captive in his home for a decade, has been indicted Friday, June 7, 2013, on 329 charges including kidnapping and rape, prosecutors said. The grand jury charged the former school bus driver with one count of aggravated murder, saying he purposely caused the unlawful termination of a pregnancy. (AP Photo/Cuyahoga County Jail, File)

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has gotten more than $3 million in advance payments for her best-selling memoir from her publisher. The justice's annual financial disclosure forms were released Friday. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)