Law_Crime

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** FILE ** This U.S. Army photo made available by the Russell family on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, shows U.S. Army Sgt. John M. Russell. Russell pleaded guilty Monday to killing four other soldiers and a Navy officer in 2009 at mental health clinic in Baghdad during the Iraq War. The plea agreement in a military court at Joint Base Lewis-McChord means Russell will avoid the death sentence. (AP Photo/Family photo)

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U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow, of Utah, speaks during an interview at his office Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Salt Lake City. U.S. authorities in Idaho said they have arrested Fazliddin Kurbanov, a man from Uzbekistan accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is considering a request to spare the life of a convicted killer. (Associated Press)

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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is considering a request to spare the life of a convicted killer. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this May 8, 2013, photo released by the Iranian Mehr News Agency, men hold a man hanged in public, to prevent his execution, after he was pardoned by the family of the policeman he was convicted of killing, in Mashhad, northeastern Iran. Under Sharia law, a victim's family has the option to forgive the criminal rather than allowing the perpetrator to be executed. (Associated Press)

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Maryland State Senate President Thomas "Mike" Miller Jr., left, and Speaker of the House Michael Busch, right, flank Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, center, as he signs the Firearm Safety Act of 2013 into law at the Maryland Statehouse, Annapolis, Md., Thursday, May 16, 2013. The bill gives Maryland stricter gun-control laws. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signs the Firearm Safety Act of 2013 into law at the Maryland Statehouse in Annapolis on Thursday, May 16, 2013. The bill gives Maryland stricter gun-control laws. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)